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HWA meetspresident ofIsrae4opens conference in England

INTERNAnONAl CONFERENCE - Opening the third annual publish­ing a nd e ditoria l co nfere nce J uly 2 at the British Region al Office inBore ham woo d , England , P as tor General Herbert W. Arms trong ex plainsthe purpo se of The Plain Truth. [Photo by Dexter Faulkner]

J ULY 16 , 1984

activities, but the teache rs ' eager­ness to help rea lly stood out . T heyare so warm and fr iendl y," he said .

Tonya Miller, 16, fro m Colum­bus, O hio, said that camp has beenone of the most excit ing times of herlife.

"My sister told me it would belots of fun, but I never d ream ed I'd

(See SEP. page 31.

told Mr. Arm st rong tha t he is theonly head of state in the region whotakes reg ular evening walks aro undhis ca pital city .

He rema rked that he often walksby Libe rty Bell Garden, a parkwhich was developed with assist­ance from the Am bassador Founda­tion.

(See PRESIDENT. pave 3)

Treasurer reports financesPASADENA - At th e e nd of Jun e we c omplet e d the firs t hal f of

1984. The income tr end fluctua te d during th e s e si x month s , withmonthl y year-to -da te inc re a s e s va rying from 12.4 per c ent to 15.5pe rc e nt ove r la s t ye a r. Tot a l don at ion inco me for Jun e was up 10.6pe rcent, which brought the yea r-to -da te inco me figure down froma n inc rease of 15 .5 pe rcent in May to 14.5 per cen t.

This is a good per cen ta ge 01inc reas e for which we a re g ra tef ul,th oug h the re ar e some uns e tt ling tren ds . Gen er a l co ntributions . orre gular tithe s and offe rings . have be e n on a s lightly downwardtren d. The s e cont ributions repre s en t ab out 70 pe rcent of inco meand the ref ore are impo rta nt in th e ove rall per ce ntage figure s .

In J une th ey were only 7.4 per ce nt more tha n the same month aye ar ago. At the same time . Pente cost Holy Day offe rings were t9.7per cen t more th a n last year. However , Holy Day offering s are onlya bout 14 pe rcent of the a nnual inco me a nd do not hav e a s great ane ffec t on the overa ll income.

The vee r-te -c ate inco me , which is s till s ev er al per centagepoi nts a bo ve budge t , has impro ve d our ba nk re s erv e s an d cash­flow sit ua tion, but proje ctions still indicate anothe r difficul t pe riodin Se ptember s lmila r to the one in the s pring . This prob lem is furtherhe ightened by th e fa ct that departme ntal ex pe nses see m to beca tc hing up to the budge t a fte r bei ng he ld ba c k during the s pring .We hoped th a t the dep artm en ts would no t find it necessary to ca tchup a nd would the re fore co ntin ue a t the lowe r level.

It now a pp ears th a t we will ha ve to monitor our ca s h-flow si tua ­t ion caref ullyagain on a da y-to-da y ba s is during Septe mbe r. unlesswe have a n unex pecte d increase or a decrease in expen dituresbefo re then.

The Pe ntecost offering was much a pp reciated. The inc reasewas not a s gre a t a s during th e Da ys of Unle a ve ned Bre a d, but it wascertai nly a n e xcellent one . Tha nk yo u fo r your par t in this generousoffering . Leroy Neff. Church treasurer.

who was appointed chie f rabb i ofPalestine) , spoke excel lent English .Mr . Arm str ong and the presiden td iscussed the worsenin g problemsof ,he M iddle East.

Presiden t Herzog is a for mermajor gene ral , Israeli inte lligenceofficer, Israeli representa tive to theUnited N ation s and head of theKnesset (Israeli parliament ). He

ble to train more young peop le." I've bee n here for 20 years and

the cam p has neve r looked or func­tioned better," Mr. Kielc zewsk isaid .

J e rome Mer riweather, 14, acamper from Indianapolis, Ind.,said what he found at ca mp wentbeyon d his expectatio ns.

"I was impressed by th e var iety of

PRESIDENTIAL MEETING - Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrongpresen ts a protocol gift of Steuben crystal, entitled "The Kingfi sher, " toChaim Herzog (left) , president of Israel , June 26. [Photo by RichardSharvidj

Dennis Robertson, director ojcollege publications in Pasa­dena. is director of commu nica­lions at S EP in Orr, Mt nn.ithtssum mer.

time frie nds Michael and HannaRavid. Mr. Ravid was consul gener­al for Israel in Los Angeles, Calif.,in the late 1960s and ea rly 19705.

Teddy Kollek, mayor of Jeru sa­lem, sent his apolog ies for not beingat the airport to greet the pastor gen ­eral. His message exp lained that hiswife had talked him into taking avacat ion afte r J0 years of contin­uous work , and they were in Spain .

Mr . Armst rong was driven to theJerusalem Hilton Hotel , where hewould stay for a week . In his suitewere several flower arra ngementsfrom his Israeli friends.

At 9:30 a.m. Ju ne 26 Mr . Arm ­strong drove with Aaron Dean. hisperso nal aide , Mr. Dean' s wife,Mich elle , and Mr . Armst ro ng 'snurse, Elaine Browne, tothe Israel ipresidenti al palace for a meetin gwith Preside nt Herzog.

Mr. Arm str ong presen ted thepresident with a piece of Steube ncrys ta l entitled " T he Kingfisher ."The piece is tear shaped with a king­fisher bird etch ed deep ly into thesurface. On the presi de nt's desk wasanot her piece of S teube n th at thegro up recog nized as " T he Ice Fish­erman," a limi ted edi tion.

Presiden t Herzog, son of the lateIsaac Her zog (a rabbi from Ireland

Mr. Armstrong arrived at th e O rrcamp J uly 4 after a flight from Lon­do n, England. He cont inued on toPasadena J uly 5. (See art icle th ispage about th e conclus ion of Mr.Armst rong's trip .)

S EP 's 20 th summe r of ope rat ionbega n J une 7 with th e arriva l of 287cam pers from the United S tates andCanada . Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, 14,and Taichi Yamaguch i, 16, sons ofTos hio Yamaguch i, also att endedthe first sessio n. Mr. Yamaguchi issec retary general of the New liber­al Club Part y, amemberofthe Japa­nese Diet (pa rl iame nt) and one ofMe.Armstrong's " Japanese sons: '

Mr . Armst rong spoke tofirst-ses­sion campers by teleph one hookupfro m Amm an, Jord an, J une 23.

" T he firs t- and second-se ssioncampers are the finest group ofyoung people we'v e had : ' sa idKevin Dea n. dir ector of YouthOppor tun itie s U nited and ca mpdir ector . " T hey' ve been respectful.courteous and extremely hard work ­ing . I'm imp ressed:'

According to site ma nager FloydKielc zewski , the camp complex,about two miles north of Orr, is inthe best shape it' s ever been in. Twonew classrooms and two new apart­ment complexes for visiting minis­te rs and other guests make it possi-

By Dennis RobertsonOR R, Min n. - Pastor Ge neral

Her bert W . Arm st rong spoke at acombi ned mee ting of campe rs andstaff members J uly 5 at the secondsession of the C hurch's S umme rEducatio nal Progr am (SEP) .

Mr. Armstrong speaks at SEP

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Jerusalem meetin gs

Continuing his tr ip (see the J une18 and Ju ly 2 World wide News forcoverage ), Mr. Armstr ong toucheddown at the J er usale m airpo rtaboard the C hurch's G- II jet Ju ne23 at I p.m.

He was greeted there by his long-

third interna tional ed ito ria l andpublishing conference in Boreham ­wood. England; and spoke to camp­ers and staff attending the secondsession of the C hurch's S ummerEdu cati onal Progr am (SEP) in Orr,Minn.

Wo rking toget her

" In a work as global in nat ure as(See CONFERENCE. pave 3)

lishing and interna t ional adminis­tratio n staff.

Evange list Frank Brown, region­al di rec tor of th e Brit ish O ffice, waschairman .

Also par t icipating we re RayWr igh t, director of Publ ishing Ser­vices; Roger lippross, prod uct iondir ecto r for Pu blish ing Services;David Hu lme, direct or of mediapurchas ing; Dexter H. Faulkner,managing edito r of Churc h pub lica ­tions; evangelist Herm an L. Hoe h,edito r of The Plain Trut h; RandyCo le, Plain Truth graphics editor;Roy Oestensen. regional edit or forDen Enkle Sa nnhet (NorwegianPlain Trulh) ;John Ross Schroeder,senior write r and regiona l edit or forthe Bri tish Plain Trut h, DavidGunn , circulation manager for theBrit ish Regional Office; and JohanWi lms, regional edito r for De Echt eWaarheid (Dutc h Plain Tru th s,Jacq ui Eve was secretary for themeet ings.

Othe r regional d irectors par t ici­pat ing were evangel ist Leon Walkerf ro m t he Spa ni s h a re a; CarnCa therwood of the Italian area;Frank Schne e from th e Germanarea; and Bram de Bree from theDutch area .

Aaron Dean. a pastor-rankmi nister, is Pastor General Her­ber/ W. Armst rong 's personalaide.

By Aaron DeanPASADEN A - Pastor General

Herber t W. Armst rong return edhere Ju ly 5 afte r completing hisEuropea n and M idd le Easte rn trip.

Mr. Armstrong sets the tone

Mr . Ar ms t ro ng 's add re ss toregi on al d ire cto rs, dep ar tmentheads, regional edi tors and assis-"tant s sta rted the conference off in aspirit of teamwork and harm ony.Conducted in the British RegionalOffice at Elst ree House here, theJul y 2 to 6 conference was the th irdannual meeting of editorial, pub-

By Dexter H. faulknerBOR EH AMWOOD, England

- " Why is The Plain Trutb soimportant'?" asked Pastor Ge neralHerbe rt W . Armst rong in the ope n­ing session of an international edi to­rial and publishing confe re nce hereJuly 2.

" God hashad a purposeback of itand a reason - it's reaching peopleall over . .. it 's been gett ing it [theGospe l) into the ir min ds . Th eyhaven 't do ne anything about it yet.

" I te ll you, " Mr . Armst rongexplained , "w hen the great tribu la­tion comes, they' re going to realizeth at what we've been pred icting­and nobody else d id - has actual lyhappened ... th ey'r e going to knowthat the Second Com ing of C hrist isvery near ."

" T he only reason for ge tti ng th eGospe l to the world now, at th istime, is to prepare a people for whatis coming."

O n the last porti on of his tr ip Mr .Armstrong met with C hai m He r­zog, president of Israel. and otherIsraeli officia ls; conducted Sabbathservices in Jerusalem; opened the

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u.s. election: end ofpolitical consensus

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American-built Panama Ca na l, amarvel of the modern age and one ofthe grea tes t boons to world corn­merce.Th e Democr atic presiden tialcand ida te, however , cha rged that itsconstruct ion and the U.S . adm inis­tration of the forme r Canal Zo nebro ught "s hame, hur t, pain, den ial,d isgr ace and eco nomic ex ploita­tion" to Panamanians,

No menti on was made that thecanal had brought Panama one ofthe highest standards of living inLat in America .

In EI Salv ador , Mr. Jackson metbriefly with President Jose Napo­leon Duarte, whereas he had ear lier.in Panama C ity , conferred for fourhours wit h representa ti ve s ofCu ban- and Nicaragu an-backedg uerr illas fight ing the Salvadorangovern ment.

In C uba Mr . J ackson was pre­sented with a gi ft by Cu ban strong­ma n Fidel Castro, who, repor tersnoted , was all too willing to try toem barrass Pres ide nt Reagan in thepr oce ss. T he C uba n presi den tag reed to th e release of 26 Cubanpolit ical pri soner s. plus the freein gof 22 Am eri can pri soners, most ofwhom were jai led for dru g viola­tions.

"The C uba n Mar xist leader andt he A me rica n Bap t ist mi nis terta lked for more than eight hours,"reported the Jul y 9 issu e of Timemagazine.Of his meetin g with Pre s­ident Castro, Mr. Jackso n said :" T here was a lot of comm on under­sta ndi ng. He' s in the Third World,

(See ELECTION. pllge 4)

a man of " uneq ualed fores ight ."Writing about the first prim e mini s­te r in his autobiography, MayorKollek stated : " As for the six mil­lion killed by th e Nazis. he [Ben­G urio n] regrett ed the loss of theparticularly sharp inte llige nce thatdeveloped among East EuropeanJewry, especially because he knewwhat it wou ld have meant for Isr aelif it could d raw on th at int ellect .

" Ben-Gurion felt ou r political. problems would have been solved if

ther e were two mill ion more Jew shere, th at the ir pr esence would havedetermi ned our histor y . . . He hadnever reco vered from the historic

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European DiaryBy John Ross Schroeder

Holocaust and Israel

LettersTO THE EDITOR

Worldwid e membersThank you so much for the very

inspiring articles about our brethrenworldwide .

We pray for our brethren every day.but not until we take the time to readabout the trials they arc experiencingcan we truly pray for them in earnest.

We certainly look forward to futureissues so thai we may learn more aboutour brethren.

Mr. and Mrs. Ron WareSpr ingdale. Ark.

'" '" '"Minislers' wilesI am a baptized member and would

like to thank the ministers' wives for thepatient and loyal way they endure theirhusbands' long tiring working hours.The·ministers work so hard sorting outeveryone's problems and then there aretheir own and those with children. Itmust bevery hard to find enough time todo everything .

I do think the ministers' wives ofGod's Church need encouraging too.

M.e. Bourg aiseBradford. England

political scene today is th at , fromone elect ion to the next , Wash ing­ton's view of the world and its poli­cies toward both fr iend and foe canchange abru pt ly. Th e result is wha tSecretary of St at e George S hultzca lled "light-switch dipl om acy."

The prospect s o f future wildswings - if not in 1984, likel y 1988

- in U.S. foreig n policy are alreadyevide nt.

Indic ative of th is is the positio ntaken by Democ ra tic president ialc hallenger Je sse Jackson, who ishaving a considerable imp act uponhis party's future directions .

Mr. J ack son sees th e worldth ro ug h dra mati call y di ffer en tlenses than Presi de nt Reagan . Th iswas revealed during his six-day tourin late Jun e of four cou nt ries in thest rife-to rn Ce ntra l America-Carib­bea n reg ion: Panama, EI Salvador ,C uba and Nic aragua.

In Pan ama Ci ty on th e first leg ofhis tr ip, Mr. J ackson toured the

BOR EHAMWOOD, Engl and- Some obse rvers have speculatedth at the qu alit y of overall leadershipin Isr ael would be much bett er tod ayif th e Holocau st had n' t hap pened.

T he reason ing goes some thi nglike this : a fair numbe r of the sixmillion Je ws who peri shed d ur ingWorld War II were professionalpeople - doct ors, lawyer s, univer­sity profes sors - and even thosewith out form al education possesseda keen intellect. Presumably, muchof Eas tern European Jewry wouldhave em ig ra te d to Isr ael af te rWorld War II.

Nu mbered among those observ­ers was th e first pr ime ministe r ofIsr ae1- David Ben-Gu-ion .

Acco rd ing to Jerusalem MayorTe ddy Kollek . Mr . Ben-Gurion was

W~RLDWATCHBy Gene H. Hogberg

was viewed as be ing indecisive andunpredictable.

Mr. Reagan cam e into office Jan.20. 1981. with th e avowed purposeo f restorin g traditi onal national val­ues and outl ooks.

Th e Pr esid ent , a persu asi vespeaker. subsequently took to thetelevision scree ns seve ral tim es to

speaker his word s were thou ghtfuland sincere. When he returned tohis sea t, his wife, leanin g towardhim with a big smile, whispered ," You did great!"

Her actio ns com munica ted to memore than her apprec iation for hisefforts t hat Sabb ath . I don 't knowth at couple per sonally , but I' m sureshe appreciates and supports herhusband in many other ways daily,and he her. Th at warm give and takein a relation sh ip is hard to hide.

Here are some guide lines for us toco nsider the next time we ope n ourmout hs to communica te, whether inmarriage or with ot hers .

• Don 't monopolize the conversa­tion. S incerely desire to hear andlearn what other s ca n add to the sub­ject as well. Some one once wrote,"Never hold anyone by the bu ttonor the hand in order to be heard out ,but if people are unwill ing to hea ryou , you had bette r hold yourtongu e tha n them."

• Don' t rudely contradict. Flatco nt radic t ion is a co nversation stop­per. You ca n say : " I'm sorry . I don ' tquite ag ree," but if possibl e seek tofind point s of ag ree ment. In thatway the subject de velops in inte restwith eac h pe rson's co nt ribu tion ." Let your conver se.io n be alwaysfull of grace. seasoned wit h salt , soth at you may kno w how to answereve ryo ne" (Colossians 4:6, Ne wInternational Ver sion ).

• Don't abrupt ly change the sub­ject. Som e people, after painfullywait ing for a speaker to cat ch his orher brea th, j ump int o the conversa­tio n with a totall y new subject.Always seeki ng cente r stage is purevani ty.

• S how an active inter est in whatis said by ot he rs . Th is brin gs out thebest in any spea ker , Prolong his orher subject. ask mor e abou t it, andheor she unfolds to bloom Iike a rosein the sun.

• Be ca refu l about makin g dog ­matic sta tem ents of opinion. " Whois wise and under stand ing amongyou'? Let him show it by his goodlife, by deeds done in the humilitythat comes f rom wisdom" (J ame s3:13, NIV) . Study thi s ch apter andProverbs for God 's wisdom .

• Avoid destructive talk , Cy nicalcomments may sound clever in con­versa tion . but the y alway s hurtsomeo ne. " Let no corr upt co mmu­nicatio n proceed out of your mouth,but what is good for necessar y edifi­cation, th at it may impa rt grace toth e hearers" ( Ephesian s 4: 29 ,Revised Authori zed Version ).

Th e tongu e can be a blessin g, andthe longu e ca n be a cur se. S top andthin k, how am I using mine - forbette r or for worse '?

warn the American publ ic of thedangers in the revolut ions brewingin the Western Hemi sph ere.

Mr . Reagan's blun t talk conce rn­ing the Soviet Unio n disturbedsome in Western Europe, who werealso not co nvinced of his clea rcutpositio n on Ce nt ral America .

' Light-s witch diplomacy'

T he most disturbing element tooutsiders conce rni ng th e Am er ican

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tion of John F. Kennedy prod ucedfew ripples in the Amer ican pe r­spec tive of world affai rs.

Th e same cannot be said of morerecent election s. Ever since the 1972campaign a large gap has openedbetween the two parti es in their viewof fore ign affairs . Th is widenin gbreac h in the U.S. world view becameappa ren t with the electio n of Ji mm yCa rter in 1976.

Launching the country on a newpost -Vietn am course of act ion, Mr .Ca rt er urged th at Th ird Worldregion s were to become "depoliti­cizcd" in an anti cipat ed " new globalage ." Hemispheri c tr oubles - soonto erupt in Nic ara gua and EI Sa lva­do r - lay, said the President, "o ut­side the co ntext of the su perpowerrelat ionsh ip."

A differen t signa l was picked upin Moscow and Havana. Th ey couldat last cap italize on the region' ssoc ial and economic problems tomake significa nt gain s of their own,

In Western Eur ope . Mr. Ca rter'sabrupt ca ncellation of the co nt ro­vers ial but nevertheless defensivewea pon. the neutron bomb , causedshoc k waves thr oughou t the NATOalliance. The Ca rter administra tion

person co nvinced him ."Hu sbands, do you listen to your

wives '? Aft er all, you chose thiswoman to be your lifelong compan­ion, th e moth er of your childr en .She knows you well and th e circum­stances sur round ing whatever ma­jo r decision you migh t be makin g.And , she's probably going to beg reat ly affected by your decisions.

Ask her adv ice and listen to it ;weigh it care fully befo re you make adecis ion affecti ng your fam ily. Ifyou are headstr ong and won' t talk toyour wife or anyo ne else beforemakin g man y of your decisions, Godwon 't necessarily back th em . Godwill support your decision mu chmore when it comes through a uni ­fied family.

Wives, remember that too. Youmay not always totally ag ree withthe decision, but back up your hus­band 's decisions the best you ca n.God will bless this unit y of purpose .

If things haven ' t been goin g quiteright for you and your famil y, finan­ci all y, sp ir it ua lly or othe rw ise,maybe you should analy ze whe the ryou are com muni cating enough.God wants unity, and He will haveit. It' s impo rta nt that husbands andwives agree .

Anot her exa mple that comes tomind happened at a ladie s' night atS pokesma n C lub not long ago. Th etopic smaster has ju st encourag edthe women to comment on a par ticu­lar subject. On e young woma n roseand com mented . As she finished,her husband j umped up and , refe r­r ing to her as somew hat of a lesserintelli gence, gave his more enlight­ened opinion on the subject.

Did he raise himself in everyone'sesteem by putting down his wife?No, but he did reve al one of his ownweakne sses and put a damper onevery one else's evening. The otherwom en weren't too anxious to co m­men t afte r th at. And probabl y mostfe lt sorry for his wife for having toput up with such an inse nsi t ivemate .

To give a more positive example,at Sabbath services a few monthsago, a man in front of me left hissea tt o g iv e th e o pe ni ng p raye r .A lt ho ugh he wasn't a po lished

~".J ~ .JL;.n..":-'( U4LOftl,~~~. By Dexter H. Faulkner

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Wh o would you say was th egreatest communicator in history'?Patr ick Henr y, W inston C hu rc hill,some ancie nt Gr eek phi losophe r'?

I would choose J esus C hrist ­mas ter at co nvey ing images throughthe spoken word .

C hrist spoke in parable s, or sim­pie stor ies. about run away boys, lostcoins and seed s fall ing to the gro und- t hi ngs fa mi lia r to co m mo npeople , He was a mas ter co mmuni ­cator and our supreme exam ple .

We all th ink we know what co m­mu nicat ion is. Aft er all, we co mmu­nicate all the tim e - when we nodslee pily to our spou ses in the morn ­ing or when we gre et t he grocer, t hebanker or those in th e ca r poo l.

So me live wit h preoccupied mates- gett ing his or her atte ntion isn'teasy , You might look at your matebehind the Sunday paper and say ," Ho ney, I want to talk wit h youabout something th at 's happened."

"Uh huh .".. It 's leaking . . . in the bath ­

room .. . it' s running out onto th efloor ."

"Uh huh."O r -"Hey, sweet , we are ove rdrawn at

th e bank . How is th is possible'?""Oh . I didn 't know that. "Wh y don 't we co m mu nica te

more th an we do? Oftentimes wejust don't want to make th e effort.It' s easier not to bothe r. At oth ertimes it's simply because we don'twant others telling us what to do.We want our own way. Th at' s whywe do n' t seek wise co unse lor evenask advice abo ut a decision we areabout to make .

God says a lot to us in Proverb sabout see king wisdom and goodadvice . We can 't do that withouttalk ing with other people. And notju st talk ing, but asking advice andlistening to it.

A young wife was ta lking theother day abo ut how relie ved shewas tha t her husband took the goodadvic e he was given by a man tha t herespected. She added: "1 tried to tellhim myself , but I could talk all dayand it wouldn 't make any differ­ence. I' m so than kful tha t the rightwor d at the rig ht time from th e right

PASADENA - The outcome ofthe U.S. national elections this fallwill have great bea ring on the futureof th e world . Am er ica's a llies as wellas its adversa r ies are watching forhint s.of what is to co me.

Will incumbent President Ron ­ald Reagan - rid ing high in popu ­lari ty polls - be returned to office?Or will his Democratic challenger.forme r Vice President Walt er Men­dale. prevail'? If so, how would th ataffect Am eri ca' s role in the world?

Regardless of the outcome Nov.6. politic al analysts say we are wit­nessing the end of what is calledpolit ica l co nsens us in American pol­it ics. part icularly in foreign policy .

Throughout the post-World WarI I period . little sign ificant differ ­ence was visible be tween the twomajor politica l part ies, the Dem o­crats and the Repu blicans , in th ebroad range of int ern ation al rela ­tions.

Am eri can foreign polic y hardlyc hanged when the reigns of powerwere passed from Dem ocr at Harr yS . T ru man to Republican Dwigh tD. Eisenhower in 1953. Even thechangeover. eight years later. to theincoming Dem ocr atic ad minist ra-

Why notcommunicate?

(Continued from fMge 11experience the number of activit iesthat they have here," Tonya said.

"I've always been scared to deathof heights, but up here I've beenrock climbing and even parasailing.That hasreally helpedmebuild myconfidence and helped me to over-

. come some of my fears."" 1 even got to meet Mr. Arm­

strong, which was a dream cometr ue. I shook his hand, and he gaveme a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Iwas so happy I just cried."

The girls in dorm 6-G were askedto descr ibe the SEP expe rience inone word . Some of their responseswere: " great," " awesome," " mag­nificent," " fantastic," "inspi ring"and "mi llennial."

Theresa Ycha, 14, from Monroe­ville, Pa., said camp was a lot morethan just funand adventure . "Perse­verance, determination, teamwork ,friendliness , outgoing concer n - Ican see these points coming throug hin the various activities," she said." But at the same time, it's fun. It'sall great fun."

"These ca mpers have a lot ofvision," Mr . Dean said . "They cansee how camp will help them tobecome the leaders and teachers intom orrow' s world . I' ve beenextremely pleased with their char­acter developmen t "

Mr . Dean att ributed the camp­ers' attitudes 10 parents laking a moreactive role in training and educatingthe young people in the Church.

The third and final session ofcamp ends Aug. 7.

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worldwide Good News circu lationwill probably rise from 250,000 toabout 600,000 by the end of theyear .

As the confere nce neared a close,Mr . C at herwood com me nted ,"T hese meet ings have had a gra tify­ing effect of creating greate r unityand a deeper unders tanding of eachother's needs and problems.

"It is exciting to see all areas ofthe work moving toward greate refficiency and inte roffice cohesive­ness. Clearl y," he concluded, " weseem to be on the edge of a newphase of unusual growth ."

sador to the United Stat es and was the. Israeli ambassador to the United

Kingdom1950to 1959.He was the Jewish representative

to the 1945 United Nations confer­ence in San Francisco, Calif. Sincethere wasno recognized stateo f Israelthe n, Dr. Elath had to meet with offi­cials in halls and hotel lobbies.

Mr . Armstrong attended the sameconferenceas press representative for

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(Continu.d from Pf9II 11ours, it is imper ative that communi­cat ions are carefully maintained,"said Mr. Brown. " Because of thecomplex natu re of publishing, thi stypeof conferencehelpsall thepar­ticipants to learn from each other ."

The purpose of the conferencewas to bring together the individualswho have major responsibilities inediti ng and publish ing C hurc hmagazines and publications.

Throughout the world, editors,writers and publi shing personnelwork together on various Churchpublications. For example . each yearthe 10 issues ofThe Plain Truth mustbe translated into six languages fromthe original English. At the sametime . the international Good News.with selected articles from the EnglishGood News, Youth 84 andWorlciwideNews. is being translated.

Since each region has differentneeds, certa in sections of The PlainTruth and intern ational Good Newsare designed to allow articl es notincluded in the English edition to be .inserted.

Ifn ot coordinated properly, theseproced ures can be cost ly and time­consuming . Thu s, the editorial andpublishing sta ffs assemble once ayear to resolve continuing problemsand snags, and plan for growth.

This year's meetings centered ondeveloping new product ion sched­ules and using new compute r tech­nology in Publishing Serv ices tospeed up publication productioncycles.

" Solutions were sought in anatmosphere of teamwork , toleranceand cooperation. No problem waspresented that did not find a positivesolution," Mr . Sch roeder said.

Good Newscircu lation

Dur ing the conference Mr. Arm­stro ng announced that a free sub-­scription to either the English- orinternational-language edit ions ofThe Good Ne ws will be offered toPlain Truth subscribers who haverenewed their PT subscriptions atleast twice. Th e pastor generalwrote a letter that will be mailed thismonth explaining the nature of theGood News magazine and offeringthe free subscription.

Mr . W ri ght es t imate d t hat

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phusandothers.There were manystepsdown to the

excavated ruins. For health reasons,Mr. Armstro ng decided not todescend the steps. He instead went tothen ext appointment

Modem Israel

The group arrived at the home ofEliahu Elath, a former president ofHebrewUniversity (1962-1968). Dr.Elath, 82, was the first Israeli ambas-

signs the guest book at the Bunyat Special Education Center InAmman, Jordan, as Khawla Abu Odeh, wite of Adnan Abu Odeh,Jordanian minister of the royal court, looks on. [Photos by RichardSharvid and Richard Weber]

ConferenceEvideece 01deslructioo

At IOa.m., Thursday,June2 8,act­ing on the suggestion of PresidentHerzog, Mr.Armstrongwasdriventothe site of the Burnt House e xcava­tions in Jerusalem.

Excavated in January, 1970, byProfessor Avigad, the ruins of a firstcentury A.D. Jewish home bear wit­ness to the Roman destruction ofJerusaieminA.D. 70.

The excavated remainsare charredfrom fires set by the Romans, and therubbleand debr isof thehomeconfirmthe historical accounts written by thefirst centur y Jewish historian Jose-

Marshall Plan.Had those six mill ion Jews sur­

vived, how many would have eml­grated to Israel? We'll never know.But many observers thin k tha t if theHolocaust hadn 't happened, theestablishment of a Z :Jn ist statemight have been delayed 10 years orperh aps indefinitely. What hap­pened was so horrible that manyforces were galvanized into immedi ­ate action.

Today the State of Israel is in alull. Ne ither of the two major par.ties shows much desire to make thepolitica l sacrifices necessary to getthe nation's eco nomic house inorder. T he inflation rate is almostbeyond belief.

Add to that the enormous terri to-­rial and border problems, the stat usof Jerusalem, and the constanl di ff i­culties with immig rants from 110nations. How do you forge a coher­ent nation out of a t remendousimmigrant population ?

Whet her Israel conti nues to goforward largely depend s on her ab il­ity to remember and be inspired bythe first generation of her leaders. Itdoes us all good to read and study thehistoryof our founding fathers .Thi sis especially tru e of relatively youngnations. Seven helped shape theAmerican nation - George Wash­ington, Benjamin Franklin , JamesMadison, John Jay, Thomas Jeffer­son, Alexander Hamilton and JohnAdams. Several helped shape mod­ern Israel - David Ben-Gurion ,Levi Eshkol, Ch aim wei zmann,Abba Eban, Moshe Dyan and GoldaMeir . Present leadership couldlearn a lot from those who camebefore.

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because they hadn 't done more toassist potential Jewish escape esfrom Eastern Europe . U.S. Presi­dent Harry S . Truman was in amood to be persuaded to help estab­lish a new Jewish nat ion. The needto establish and maintain a newnat ion in Palest ine helped unifyAmerican Jewry into the economicand political force it is today.

Horrified by the Holocaust, Jewsall over the world had tha t now-or­never feeling. " We might not sur­vive if we don't act now. Ou r veryexistence is at stake."

whatever the cause, enormousforces were mobilized. Israel wasestab lished in 1948 - just two yearseight month s after the end of WorldWar II. Jewry was on the marcharound the world . Sympath izershelpedagreatdeal.

In Israel itself the first generat ionof leaders felt they could have donemore to help potential escapeesfrom perishing in the Holocaust.They, too. experienced a strongsense of guilt. To them , the Holo­caust was always just yesterday ­not somet hi ng t hat happenedmonths or years ago.

These pioneering leaders - Mr .Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol, Chai mWeizmann, Abba Eban - sparedno effort to build and stabilize theState of Israel. They sacrificed andwent without. The y worked aroundthe d ock. What Israel is today islargely because of their efforts .

True, the United States govern­ment also helped with sometimesno-string s-attached economic aid.And ,of course, Americ an Jewry hasbeen of enormou s assis tance toIsrael. Israel has had its own private

Preparing telecasts

After the lunch eon we returnedto the hotel , where Mr. Arm strongcaught up on the latest news of theeconomic crisis featured in the cur ­rent Ne wsweek as well as the Inter­nationa l Herald Tribune, Jerusa­lem Post and Wall S treet Journal.

While listen ing to the articlesbeing read, the pastor general looknotes to prepare for a televisionbroadcast upon return ing home.

That afternoon Mr. Kol stoppedby to visit the pastor genera l. He dis­cussed the Internat ional CulturalCenter for Youth (ICCY)and howit istrying to encourage positive relationsbetween Arab and Israeli youths. TheAmbassador Foundation contributesfinancial help toward this worthygoal.

Mr. Arm strong spent Wednes­day, June 27, preparing notes foradditio nal World Tom orrow tele­casts.

FIRST MEETING - Left, Pastor General Herbert W. Armstronggreets Chaim Herzog (left), president of Israel, in the Jerusalem pres­idential palace June 26, as Michael Ravid (center), former Israeliconsul general in Los Angeles, Calli ., looks on. Right, Mr. Armstrong

Exploration Societ y. He plans to point World Tomor-Mr . Armstrong was also pre- row viewers more to the significance

sented a copy of Discovering Jeru- of economic turmoil, as these eventssalem by Dr. Avigad. pave the way for prophesiedevents. It

is interesting to note that FrenchEmperor Napoleon Bonaparte, Ger­man Chancellor and Fuehrer AdolfHitler, and Italian Premier BenitoMussolini rose to power as a conse­quence ofeconomiccrises.

That evening Mr. Armstrong pro­vided a private viewing for his Israelifriendsofoneof the Young Ambassa­dors Festival films inhis Hilton suite.

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impact of the six million dead. Hefelt that the strongest branch of the[Jewish] nat ion had died in theHolocaust" (For Jerusalem -A Lifeby Teddy Kollek, Random House,New York, pages 141, 145).

We will never be able to test thistheory. History went the other way.Much of modern Jewry perished inthe Holocaust. It seems tha t Godsupplied a first generation of greatleaders to get this new nation startedin a part icularly hostile politica lenvironment. Among those leaders,Mr. Ben-Gur ion had an unusual giftfor seeing what wascoming .

Continues Mayor Kollek: " Howright he [Ben-Gurion] was when hepacked in immigran ts at the rate of120,000, 130,000 and 200.000 ayear when many of us thought,' l et' s do it slowly. Thirty thousanda year , forty thousand: ... Ben­Gurion was the only one who fore­saw that time was running out, thatif the Jews in Iraq and Syria did notcome out then, they would never beable to get out" (op. cit., pages 144,145).

I discussed the relationship of theHolocaust to present Israeli leader ­ship and other quest ions with sev­era l in responsible posit ions inIsrael. Contrariwise they fell thatthe horror s of the Holocaust hadhelped produce the St ate of Israel.

Their reasoning went somethinglike this : The West was galvanizedint o ac tio n. Man y felt guilty

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T he conversation then moved 10 adiscussion .of the world economiccrisis. Mr. Armstrong told Presi­den t Herzog that it would not belong before the world's economicsystem will collapse.

Preside nt Herzog discussed thestrange turns internat ional polit icsoften take, citing as an example aspeec h he delivered before the Gen­era l Assem bly o f t he UnitedNations.

When he began speaki ng. theSoviet and Ara b representativeswalked out. T his seemingly unfor­tun ate event worked to his advan­tag e. " Had th ey not, " he said, " thespeech would have been unnoticed.

" But because of the walkout itmade front-page news," he said.

Before finishing the 45-minut econversation. Pres ident Herzog toldthe pastor general about some newarchaeological exhib its in Jerusa­lem that he might wish to see, andthen presented him with a copy ofhis book, The Arab-Israeli Wars.

At noon Mr. Armstrongwasdriv­en toChezSimon,agou rmet restau­rant in Jerusalem, for lunch with hisIsraeli friends .

In attendance with the Arm­strong party were Benjam in Mazar,former president of Hebrew Uni­versity; and Joseph Aviram, execu­tive secretary of the Israeli Explora­tion Society. Mr . Aviram wasdir ec­tor of the Inst itut e of Archaeologyat Hebrew University. Th ese twomen were sent to Pasadena Ambas­sado r College by then-presidentShn eor Zalman Shazar in 1968 tobegin prepara tions for Am bassadorCollege participation in Jerusalemexcavations.

Also present were Na hman Avi­gad, a Jerusalem arc haeo logist:Yigal Sh iloh, director of the Israeliexcavations involving Am bassadorCollege; Moshe Kol, forme r Israeliminister of tourism, and his wife;and Mr. and Mrs . Ravid.

At the luncheon Mr. Armstrongwas presented with two books. Hewas given Recent Archaeology inthe Land of Israel. which waseditedby Professor Mazar and featu reschapt ers written by many archaeol­ogists . The book is dedicated to Dr .Aviram for his work with the Israeli

Israel

FOCUS

NEW CARPET - Right. Pastor General Herbert W .Armstrong checks the new carpet being installed in theGrand Lobby of the Ambassador Auditorium withRobert Smith , interior designer for the Church, July 9.Above, workmen position the new carpet , which washandwoven at the Tai Ping carpet factory in Hong Kong .Mr. Armstrong visited the factory there Jan . 27 to ln­spect the carpet before n was completed (see "King ofThailand Confers Award on Pastor General at RoyalPalace," WN, Feb. 13) . The pattern on the new carpet isidentical to the old except that the abstract pattem wassculpted into the new carpet ; it was dyed into the old .The old carpet. still in good condition, will be installed inthe Festival Administration building at Big Sandy Am­bassador College. [Photos by G.A. Belluehe Jr .]

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and I have a Third Wo rld experi­ence growing up in Ame rica . .. alot of expe rience in suffering andexploita tion ,"

T hough he had earl ier pressedSalvador an Pr esid en t Duarte toinclude Marxist rebels in the politi­cal process, Mr. Jackson admittedhe had not asked Mr. Cas tro to con­sider elect ions in Cuba. whe re ther ehave been none for the past 25 years." I had to respect the sovereig nty ofhis nation: ' he said. "and the rightof their government to operate asth ey see fit. "

Perhaps the most significa ntevent on Mr. Jackson's C ubansojourn was an appea rance beforestude nts at Havan a Universi ty .T here he rece ived a length y ovationwhen he finished a speech by pro­claiming: " Long live Cuba. Longlive the United Sl ates. Long livePresident Cas tro. l ong live Martinl uther King. l ong live Che Gue va­ra. l ong live Patrice l umumba.Our time has come."

Mr. Lumumba was the fir stpre mier of Zai re, and was mu r­de red in 196 1. beco ming som e­what of a ma rtyr . Th ere is, forexa mp le. Patrice Lumumba Uni­versity in Moscow . for the trai n­ing of Third Wor ld stude nts inMarxi sm .

M r . G ueva ra was Pr esid entCas tro's top lieut enant in fome nt­ing revolution thr ough out LatinAme rica , and was finally hunteddow n a nd slai n in Bolivia in1967.

Before leaving C uba with some ofthe freed Cu bans and Amer icans,Mr . Jackson made a quick trip toManagua. capit al of th e Mar xist

Sandini sta governm ent of Nicar a­gua (whose nation al anthem pro­cla ims America as the "enemy ofhumanit y") .

While in Nicaragua, the Demo­c ratic Par ty contender, re port edTime magazine , " found him sel fideo logically at home among theSandini st as. claiming his solida ritywith ' the moth ers of the heroes andmartyrs who have died for the revo­lution .' ..

Th ere is one big reason behindMr. J ackson' s bold ventures into hisown pr ivate brand of foreign policy.He would like to be, as he toldreporters, secretary of state in aDemocrat ic admin istra tion.

America adrift

Because of the rapidly divergingviews of the administrat ion in powerand of the opposition determined tounseat it, the electi on will have an

. enorm ous impact in America 's rolein the world .

How, for exam ple, will America' sallies in Europe react , should therebe another dramatic swing in U,S.foreign policy outlook come J anu­ary , 198 51 The wren ching experi­ences of 1977 and 1981 are st ill hardto adj ust to.

Former U.S. Secretar y of St ateHenry Kissinger expressed his owndeep concerns over what he ca lledthe "crisis of confidence" in Ameri­can leadership .

" l think we are almost approach­ing Ar gentine conditions in foreignpolicy," he said, referring to thatnation 's notoriou s deep social andpolitical d ivisions.

The United S tates . he added.is begin ning to look " incapable ofmasterin g events . And th en th equ est ion is, ' W ho will em er ge, ase rio us lead er o r a dem a­gogu e'?' ..

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YOUTH

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TEENS PARTICIPATEIN PARK CLEANUP

BENDIGO. A ustra lia - A nannual YOU weeke nd took placehere May 5 and 6.

Serv ices on the Sabbath, May5, incl uded the Me lb ou rn eYouth C hoir, which presentedspecia l music . A pot luck fol­lowed services and a fun showwith a variety of musical andcomedy acts was presented in theevening .

Sunday , May 6, the gro uppar tici pated in a service projectto clean up one of the parks intown. l unch in the park was fol­lowed by a fund-raising dr ive inwhich the teen s sold candy doorto door .

Th e money raised will go tohelp YO U members attend S EPin Austra lia this yea r. DavidAu stin.

OUTING INCLUDESCAMPING AND CANOEING

CO LU M BIA . S.C . - YOUmembers from August a, Ga.,a nd Co lu mb ia ca m pe d a ndcanoe d May 19 and 20.

Activi ties began af te r ser­vices, May 19. T he group gath­ered for a meal of grilled ham­burgers and hot dogs. The y spentthe rest of the evening in con ver­sat ion and a hike tosand quar­ries.

Te nts were set up and a lessonin canoei ng technique and sa fetywas given. Outdoo r music wasprovided for those who wan ted todance.

At sunrise, May 20, the grouppacked for the canoe tr ip androde in ca rs to a site on theWateree River near Horat io.S .c. The canoes were laun chedat about 9 a. m. Th e tr ip took

about eight hour s and covered 15miles.

YO U membe rs signed up forthe canoe outing in advance . andeach paid SI5 for canoe rent al.Donna Frick .

YOU, SENIOR CITIZENSATIEND COMBINED DANCE

M EMPHIS. Tenn. - M ay19 marked the first YO U andse nio r c it ize ns ' dance her e .Abou t 34 youths, ages 13 to 19,and 20 senio rs, 60 and olde r.atte nded.

YO U coordinator Ga ry Fo­glesong said the idea was to"create an opportunity for t~e

two age gr oup s to int erface .where they wouldn 't under nor ­mal circumstanc es."

Aft er a dinn er furnished bythe YO U. a husband- and-wifeprofess ional dance team fromFred Astaire Dance St ud ios inMe mphis ta ught the youths andseniors four dances - the fox­trot , walt z, rumba and ji tte rbug.

Th e YO U covered expen ses .Manya N. Gustafso n.

WISCONSIN YOUTHSVISIT CHICAGO MUSEUM

K ENOSH A . Wi s. - Th eBoys' Club. G irls' Club andYO U combined for a tr ip to th eMu seum of Science and Indus­try in C hicago, 111., May 6.

Th e 26 children and 17 adultsseparated into three gr oups totour the museu m.

The groups saw di sp lay s I

includi ng a polarized light dem ­onstration. an exhi bit on the his­tory of com puters , an array ofpriceless doll house furni shin gsfrom fair y tales, ships throughthe ages, dolls from around theworld, a hum an ana tomy exhibit,

a prenatal developm ent exhibitand examples of locomotiv esthrough histor y. Jam es Pumand Conni McClure.

YOU BANQUET INCLUDESFOOD, TALENT, DANCING

C H ICAGO.1I1.- M ore than100 people att ended the C hicagoSouthside church' s first YOUbanquet May 6 at the FleetwoodCommunity Center in Evanston ,III. Parents were encouraged topart icipate.

Forme r YO U membe rs andother C hurch mem bers served atthe banquet , cate red by Ch urc hmembers C urt is Davis and Jim­mie Willi ams. Th e meal con­sisted of chopped steak, bakedpota toes with sour cre am , car­rots, rolls and butter. salad, cakeand ice crea m. l ater. spa rklinggrape juice was served.

Afte r th e meal YO U mem ­be rs provided ent er ta inment ,which included vocal solos byArlett a and Alisa Hayes, piano'solos byT amara Adams and T ra­cy Dum as, a trumpet solo byIsaac Reed and a clarin et solo byJoAn na Bar r.

Speeches were given by YO Umembers Bill y W ill ia mson,Ha rvell Hort on a nd Dway neCa rr.

Th e C hicago So uthside bandplayed, and a number of songswere sung by Lisa Willi amsonand Arletta and Alisa Hayes for 'the dan cing port ion.

Al so. each 1984 high schooland ele mentary sc hool graduatereceived a gift. Barbara Wi/­iiamson.

ALABAMA TEENSATTEND PROM

H UNTSV ILLE. Al a. - One

hundred fifty-four atte nded aDistri ct 33 prom , at the Shera­ton Inn here, Saturday evening,A pr il2!.

The dress was tuxedos or darksuits with bow ties for the boysand lon g dresse s for the girl s.

A forma l di nne r of chi lledmelon, French onion soup. roastround of bee f with bordel aisesa uce, bak ed stu ffed potat o,green bean s almondine, gar densalad, chocolate mousse and abeverage was served on tab leswith light blue tablecloth s andmatching napki ns. Ce nterpiecesof mag nolia leaves adorned th etables.

Afte r d inner the teen s dancedto the music of th e Birmin gham ,Ala., church's Satin and St eelBand. Jack Boswell took pic­tures. Dinner a rrange men ts .table and other decorations andd ance r e fr eshm ent s wereplanned by Mr . and Mrs. Thom­as O. Cole . District 33 ministersand their wives served as chaper­ons.

Accordin g to l awson J . Tuck,District 33 coord inator and pas­tor of the Huntsville and Flor­ence, Ala., churches, " All theyoung peop le conducted them­se lves s uperb ly and reall yseemed to enjoy it: " Gay Cha­ne}'.

GEORGIA CHILDRENATTEND YES FIELD DAY

A UG USTA, Ga. - A Y ESfield da y took place a t theAug us ta Pr epar ato ry Schoo lM ay 20.

The afte rnoon began with a pic­nic and baseball games. Ad ultsand child ren par ticipated in teamactiv ities such as tug-of-war andrelay races includin g a balloon sit,thr ee-legged sack race, balloon

waddle and Frisbee toss.Partner s Keith Bailey and Joey

Merritt and David Perkey andl oren Sax ton II won in the water­balloon toss. Childre n were givenprizes such as Frisbees, softballsand sta tionery. Merchants do­nated balloons. pencils and toys.Barri Arm itage.

CALSARY TEENSYISIT WASHINGTON STATE

CA LG A RY. A lta. - Sixty ­eight members of the CalgaryNorth and South YO U and 17adult chaperons led by Alan Red­mond, associate pastor of the Cal­gary Southchurch, traveled about1,700 miles over spring break.

Seven vans left Calgary T ues­day. April 24, for Seattle, Wash .Wedn esday, April 25, the gro uptoured Gra nd Coulee Dam, anelectrical generati ng pla nt andirriga tion system , on the Colurn­bia River in easte rn Washi ngton.T hey ate lunch in the Bavarian­s ty le to w n of l eavenwor th,wher e a Walt Disney movie wasbein g filmed .

Thursday, April 26, the teensrode a ferr y to Bremerton. Wash.•and toured the U.S.S. Missouridocked at the Puget Sound NavalBase in Sinclair Inlet .

Friday, Apr il 27. the groupdr ove to Tacoma, w ash., andtoured McCh ord Air Force Basewhere pilot briefers gave tours of aC- 141Starlifter and a C-130 Her ­cules followed by a glimpse of theF· 15fighters statio ned the re.

On the Sabbath. April 28. thegroup attended services in Seat­tle .

The group left for home S un­day, April 29. The six-day tripwas made possib le by severalbott le dri ves over the past year.Sylvia Baldwin.

Feastplanning: 'never-ending, 'say coordinating team members

Monday, July 16, 1984

By M ichael A. SnyderPASADENA - How big is the

ann ual Fall Festival? During the1983 Feast of Tabernacles 90,000brethren spent an average of$870,OOOaday for lodging and morethan $1 million on meals and recre­ation in the United States. Accord­ing to evangelist Ellis La Ravia,Church members spend about $2million at each U.S. site du ring theeight -day Festi val.

"W hen you cons ider that theaverage convention lasts two daysand only involves about 300 people,you can begin to understand themagnitude of the planning requiredto conduct a successful Feast. " saidMark McCulley, Festival planningcoordinator.

Mr . McCulley assists evangelis tsEllis La Ravia. di rec tor of Facil itiesManagement; Josep h Tkach S r.•director of Ministerial Serv ices; andLeroy Neff. Church treasurer; inmaki ng prepa rations for the annualeight-day Festival at U.S . sites.

The three evangelists are mem­bers of the Fest ival coordinatingteam unde r Pastor Ge nera l HerbertW. Arms t rong. The evangelists hadabout 30 years experience amongthem as Festiva l coord inato rs at var­ious Feast sites before they weremade part of the Festival coordinat­ing team . "T his expe rience enab lesus to readily understand problemsand challenges that coordinatorsface each year ," Mr. Tkach said.

Although primarily respo nsiblefor U.S . Feast sites, the th ree evan­ge lists a lso have internationalduties .

Site selection

"Feast planning and prepa rationis continuous," Mr. La Ravia said."S ince the Festival lasts longer thanmost convent ions, halls and sitesmust be booked years in advance."

Mr. La Ravia is responsible forsite selection and preparation. Heexp lained that local elders DwightViehe and Jack Patterson make on­site inspections of present andpotential Feast sites throughout the ­year . When not negotiat ing Festivalarrangements, Mr . Viehe serves asthe depar tment manager of CampusServices in Pasadena and assists inthe Impe rial congregation. Mr. Pat ­terso n maintains the Ch urch-ownedsite in Mount Pocono, Pa., and as­sists in the church there.

"The Feast is the spiritual cap­stone of the year and th us mustreflect very high physical sta n­dards," Mr . La Ravia said. "We tryto provide the finest facilities possi­ble with acceptable housing at goodrates."

He said that the collective spend­ing power of the Church is a st rongbargaining chip in negotiating forlower housing rates. About $7 mil­lion was spent for housing at 19 U.S.sites during the 1983 Feast. Withoutthe Church's arrangements, hous­ing costs probably wou ld haveexceeded $10 million, he said.

"T hat' s why it is so impo rtantthat brethren make housingarrangements with-hotels and ot herestablishments who have negotiatedwith the Church," the evange listsaid.

Speaking sched ule

Mr. Tkach is responsible forselecting the Festiva l site coordina­tors and arranging speaki ng sched­ules. Ministerial Servic es also com­piles speaking schedules for travel­ing speakers both in the UnitedStates and internationally, whichare then approved by Mr. Arm­strong. Mr. Tkach is also responsi­ble for select ing song leaders andother suppo rt personnel for theHoly Day transmissions where Mr .Armstrong add resses most of theChurch by satellite.

Rod Matthews of MinisterialSe rvices helps breth re n makearrangeme nts for the Feast in theCar ibbean and other internationalsites.

Mr. Neff handles moneta ry mat ­ters and is responsible for theannua l Festiva l budgets and selec­tion of the site business managers." Fred Stevens, who is the managerof the Ch u rch's Acco untingDepar tme nt , and I pick individualshere in Pasade na and in Big Sandywho have business or business­related experience," Mr. Neffsaid.

Early planning

The plann ing schedule for eachFeast begins in earnest in Januarywhen U.S . coord inators and busi­ness managers assemb le in Pasa­dena for two days of meetings. Fes­t ival planners from Canada andothe r countries also att end .

Coo rdi nators meet with busi nessmanagers at that time to begin plan­ning budge ts for each site. Mon thsbefore the meetings, Mr. Viehe,Mr. Patterson and others investi­gate Feast sites and negot iate hous­ing prices.

Coo rdinators receive copies of apolicy manua l that includes infor ­mat ion 'on housing, sound systems ,how to set up for the sate llite trans­missions and other Festival activi­ties.

Aft er the meeting, coordinato rsret urn to their areas to begin prepa­rations. Activities must be ar­ranged, including hall rental fordances and specia l presentations.

Final housing information is for­warded to Mr . La Ravia's office,where Mr. McCu lley and ot hers puttogether the annual Festival Plan­ner in conj unction with Publishi ngServices and othe r de partments.The Festival Plan ner containsinstructions and housing informa­t ion for Feast sites in the UnitedStates and Canada.

During the spr ing and summer,final preparations take place. Jo hnProhs, technical supervisor for theAmbassador Aud itorium, trave ls tothe Feast sites to test sound systemsand modify them if necessary.

Monthly meetings

Several times a mont h the th~eeevangelists will meet together, inpairs or with others in various depart -

WORKING S TAFF - Clockwisefrom above: Jack Patt er s on ne qo­nates for Fea s t si tes east of the Mis­sis sip pi River ; Dwight Viehe ha ndless ites west of the Mis s is s ippi (occa­sio na lly the two loca l e lders ' dutiesove rlap); Rod Ma tth ews of Minist e ri­a l Services assists minist e rs an dme mbers with inte rna tiona l transfe rs;Mar k McC ulley, Fe sti val pla nningcoordinato r, reviews U.S . Fes t ivalsites with assistants Laura Reimann(ce nter) and Ronda Perry (le ft) . [Ph o­tos by Na tha n Fa ulkner . Scott Sm itha nd Michael Snyder]

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ments, to monitor preparations. Atleast once a month one or more of thethree meet with Mr. Armstrong con­cerning Festivalplans.

Ministe rs are notified of thei rspeak ing and cou nseling duties andsuggest ions are made for sermonand sermo nette topics to ensu re"hearty spiritual meat in due sea­son," Mr . Tkac h said.

Mr . Matt hews he lps arrangetravel plans for ministers and fami­lies assigned ab road (or the Festivala nd takes care of last-min utechanges.

As the Fest ival app roaches , Mr .McCu lley and his two assistants.Laura Reimann and Ronda Perr y,help coordinators finish arrange­ments and resolve last -minute prob­lems.

MediaServices arranges for dist ri­bution of the various Festival films,oflen using headquarters employeesto hand deliver the 16-mm . films tosites in the United States and abroad.

Mr. Tkach remains in Pasadenaduring the Feast as the site coordi­nator and monitors the Fest ival as itdevelops .

Auditors from Arth ur Anderson& Co., an extern al audit ing firmretained by the Church, visit selec t­ed sites on the Holy Days to makespot checks on how the Holy Dayoffering is taken. "T hey observe thewhole proced ure from the countingof baskets to the depositi ng of themoney," Mr. Neffsaid.

Afte r the Feast is comp leted,planning for the next Festiva l beginsas coordinator repo rts come in withrecommendat ions for the next year.

"It 's a never-end ing task , but onethat isexcit ing and challengi ng to bepart of," said ¥r. La~Ravia .

COORDINATINGTEAM - Above, eva nge lists Leroy Neff, Church treasurer(le ft>,a nd Joseph Tkach Sr., Ministe ria lSe rvices direct or, disc us s travelings peakers for the 1984 Feast. Below, evange list Ellis La Ravia , Facil itiesMana ge ment direc tor, goe s over hous ing arrangements with Mark McCulley,Fe stival planning co ordinator (leH). [Pho tos by Michael Snyder}

VAN CO UVER, B,C. - Mar inaS imons, 19. of Su rrey, B.C.• wonth e award for the Best Ove rall Co lorPhotograph. and Darlina Leckie,17, of Peterborough , Ont. , won theaward for Best Overall Black andWh ite Ph otograph in the 1984Youth Opportun iti es U ni te d(YOU) Canadian Photo Contest.

First place winners received $50;second place, S25; and third place,SI S,

Judg es were M ichael Guidoli n ofthe Vancouver Office and BruceArmstrong-And rew Borm and Dar­lene Moss, members with photogr a­ph y ex pe rience. Co li n Adair,regional director in Canada. was

~-~overal l evaluator.The photos were judged accord­

ing to guideli nes set fort h in theYO U manual and in Youth maga­zine ar t icles. Th ese includ ed wheth ­er the photo was ente red in the prop­er category, orig inality, creat ivity,focus, exposure, foret houg ht andwhether the photo told a stor y.

Categ ories in which there weresingle entries were elimin ated .

First, second and third place in theju nior, senior and black and whitedivisions in each category are as fol­lows:

Human interest (senior): Patri ckPhill ips, 16, Lethbr idge, A lta.;Samantha Moss, 18, Richm ond,'B,C. ; Douglas Mandel , 17, Edmon­ton,Alta.

Hum an inter est {junior) : DougMylymok, IS, Summerland , B.c. ;

. Sandra Kolk, 14, Fort MacLeod,Alt a.; Karen Qu inn, 13, Godf rey,Ont.

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BEST ALL-AROUND BLACK AND WHITE: DARUNA LECKIE

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BEST PORTRAIT (BAW), TED GORALCHUK ·

MOST UNUSUAL (JUNIOR)' CHAD OAKES

BES T ACTION (SENIOR): MARCEL SCHNEE

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BEST NATURE (JUNIOR): CHRISTINE GUERIN

MOST HUMOROUS (JUNIOR): MORGAN MILLMAN

man. 18. Winnipeg; C had Oakes,Ca lgary.

Action (seni or ): Marcel Sc hnee .17. Nor th Battleford, Sask.; ToddBrown. 18. Sud bur y. Ont .

Action (junior) : Ron Patrickson,14. No rth Vancou ver; C had Oake s.Ca lgary: Naomi Fraser . 15. Ne lson.B.C.

Gene ral subject (senior): ToddBrown. Sudbury; Lisa Beckman.Wi nnipeg; Brian Sutton, Calgary.

Ge neral su bject (ju nior) : NaomiFraser, Ne lson; C raig Raspb err y,13, Worsley, Alta.; Karen Q uinn,Godfre y.

MOST HUMOROUS (SENIOR): DOUGLAS MANDEL

Millm an. 15. Westlock , Alta. ; J en­nifer Brown. 14, Sunset Harbour,Alta.; Elme r Ventura, 15, Coquit­lam , B.C.

Unusual (j unior): Ch ad Oakes,Ca lga ry; K. Willi am son , 14 ,Edmon ton .

Portrait (senior): Paul Anderson.19, Langley, S.c.; Marina Simons,Surrey.

Port rait (j unior): Doug Myly­mok, Summerl and; Morgan Mi ll­man , West lock; K. Willi am son.Edmon ton.

Portrait (black and white): TedGoralc huk. Winnipe g; Lisa Beck-

BEST NATURE (SENIOR), BEST ALL-AROUND COLOR: MARINA SIMONS

Nature (sen ior): Marin a Sim ons,S urrey; Brian S utto n. 17, Ca lgary,Alta. ; Darlina Leck ie, Pet er bor­ough.

Natu re (j unio r): C hris t ine G uer­in, 14, Gra nde Prair ie, Alta.; C hadOakes, IS, Ca lgary; Pat Arn old , 14,Com ox, a.c.

Nat ure (black and white ): ChadOa kes, Ca lgary; Tim Cottr ill. 17.Summerland; Ted Gora lchuk, 16.Win nipeg, Man.

Humorous (se nio r): Doug lasMandel. Ed mo nto n; Samant haMoss. Richmo nd.

Hum orous (j unio r) : Mo rga n

<lOR): DOUG MnYMOK

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BEST NATURE (B&W): CHAD OAKES BEST ACTION (JUNIOR): RON PATRIC KSON

BEST GENERAL SUBJECT (JUNIOR): NAOMI FRASER

BEST PORTRAIT (SENIOR ): PAUL ANDERSON

8 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday , July 16, 1984

ACCENT ON THE LOCAL CHURCH

Youths participate in YOG district, regional track meets

YOU WINNERS - Left photo, Jim Robinson of Green Bay, Wis., jumps 5 feet to win the junior boys' high jump atthe district meet June 3 in Appleton, Wis.; right photo, John Went (far right) of Wausau. Wis.. hits the finish linefirst in the junior boys' 200-meter dash. [Photos by Robert G. Galle and Bruce Luedeman)

meet , Sunday was clear at GriffithsStadium .

Prince Albert andTisdale, Sask.,won the Division U championship ,while Saskatoon took the Division Ic ham pionship and the be stsportsmanship trophy . Named out­stand ing athletes were Rachel Levitt(junior girls), Eileen Buck (se niorgirls) , Dwig ht Dube (junior -boys)and Ke n Zacharias (se nior boys).Fifty athletes from this meet qual ­ified to represent the regio n at thenational track meet July 8 in Van­couver, B .C.

Doug las Johnson, Regina pastor,directed the meet , while JonathanBuck . pastor of the Brandon andMoosomin, Man . , churches , walltrack anno unce r. assisted by PaulLinehan , associate pastor of the Win­nipeg West church. Owen Murphy.pastor of the Bonnyville , Alta.• andNorth Battleford and Lloydminster ,Sask .•churches. is YOU coordinat or.

Blue skies and fair weather set thestage for th is year 's distric t track­and-fie ld meet June 3 behind ConantJr. High School in APPLETON,Wis . YOU me mbers from eightchurch areas ga thered on Rock etField for the events . Waukesha.Wis ., took first place in the discus ,long jump, I()().. , 200- and 400-meterdashe s, 4()().. and 8OQ..meter relaysand loo-meter low hurdles in thejunior and senior girls ' division s.

West Bend , Wis . , captured firstplace in the junior girls' high jump,while first in the junior girls ' shot putand 1.600-meter run went to GreenBay, Wis.

Green Bay and Appleton madetheir strongest showing in the seniorand ju nior boys ' compe tition , whilein the junior a nd senio r girl s 'categorie s it was Waukesha domi nat­ing.

Don Smythe. Edie Clemens andBruce Luedeman ,

the central New Jersey area , andMaceo Hampton. formerly a ministerin the Union church and now as­sociate pastor of the Detroit, Mich. ,West church .

Four tables of memorabilia out ­lined the change s. and included orig ­inal sermon notes , pictures of earlyeve nts and Ambassador CollegeEnvoys . Tables were organized byDe witt Kep ler, Fred Leg g, Ed Butlerand origi nal members Tomey Van­Acker, Robert Tyson and CharlesNickel.

Mr . Robinso n introduced GeraldBackus , maste r of ceremonies for theday . Mr . Backus read and played

(see AREAS . pItge 9)

3. Teams arrived early Friday eve­ning , June I .

Saturday mo rni ng the teens at­tended a Sabbath brunch at the Saska­toon Inn, with ministers , track offi­cials, famil ies and guests .

Maurice Yurkiw, Saskatoon pas­tor . co nducted afte rnoo n serv ices inth e hotel for 41 5 brethren. Hepointed out young people's respo n­sibi lities and blessings in the Churchof God .

More than 300 bre thren also at­tended services at the Wa lter MurrayCollegiate Auditori um, where JakeFriesen , a local church elder, spokeon the fruits of the Holy Spirit .

That evening the group met at theSaskatoon Forestry Farm for a picnicand fellowship . Despite cold weatherand dust storms for day s before the

FORMAL AFFAIR - Warren J. Heaton III (second from right), pas­tor 01 the Pikeville , Paintsville and Hazard, Ky., churches, and hiswile, Mart i, receive a silver water pncher June 3 in honor of their 13thwedding anniversary. They were serenad ed by Fred Hall (right).[Photo by Robert Hunt]

Areas mark anniversariesAt 3 p.m . June 3 festivities began

for UNION, MIDDLETOWN and. MONTVALE, N.J ., brethren who

celebrated the 20th anniversary of theoriginal Newark, N.J ., churc h.

At the first service of the Newarkchurch, 336 attended at the Doug lasHote l June 6, 1954. The church wentthrough many locatio n changes overthe years , and in 1977 its name waschanged to the Union church. Morethan 700 members attended thece lebration.

Ron Robinson, a loca l churc helder and coo rdinator of the celebra­tion , introduced some original mem ­bers . including Mr. and Mrs . CarlKlink , the first baptized members of

Deacon s. wives and children in rheJOHANNESBURG, South Africa,churc h went on a camp-out May 31 toJune 3 at Kruger Natio nal Park. Thepark is the same size as England,com prises miles of untouched Afri ­can bush and is home to many va­rieties of wild animals includinglions , leo pards, cheetahs, hyenas,rhinoceroses . elephants and an­telopes .

The camp-out provided brethrenwith spiritua l instructions and fel­lowship . On the Sabbath, June 2,Andre van Belkum , pastor of the Jo­hannesburg church , conducted mom­ingand afternoo n lecture sessions .Thetheme centered on deacons and theirrespo nsibilities to God's Church .

Eveni ngs were spe nt aro undcamp fires with bush sounds of hunt­ing lions, how ling hyenas or the ca llof a hoopoe . During the day sig ht­see-ing and game viewing were or­ganized . One group had an enragedbull elephant charge their vehicle .The y eluded it, however. Andre vanBelkum ,

gel. David Vodegel, Tim Hendrick­son and Brent Bauer , District 84,50.02; junior girls: 1,6Q()..meter run ,Julie Melton , District 84, 6:17.35 ;high jump, Ruth Ktoeckt , District 83,4 feet 6 inches; long jump, SarahParman, Dist rict 84, 14 feet 4'hinches .

Senior boys: 11G-meter high hur­dles , Steve Torres ' of District 84 ,17.24 ; and 1,6Q()..rneter relay, MarkWubben , Ron Lewis . Ken Loucksand Gary Browning, District 82 ,3:50.72 .

SASKATOON, Sask . , was thesite for 216 YOU members fromBrandon and Winnipeg East andWest . Man . ; Prince Albert , ReginaWest and Yorkton, Sask .; who par.ticipated in the s ixth annual bire ­gional YOU track -and-field rreet June

Singles group o rganize d an out ingfor Card iff me mbe rs May 27 .Afte r a picnic lunch at Cwm branboat ing lake, the gro up moved onto L1andegfedd Reservoir , wherethey took walks and visited it. ga r­den center . Later they returned toCwmbran lake for rowing and apicnic rea .

Debb y Bailey. Daile Huffman .Hen son Fen Santos. Valentin L.Joson and LArry G. Rimando , How­ard Nitzber g, Linda Sanders . Fran­cis Cann and Hilary Calwell ,

Brethren gobush camping

The theme of the show was " It ' s aSmall World ."

Sixty-one women modele d theirho me-sewn fas hio ns to sof t back­gro und music , while Den ise Butler, aFresno membe r, narrated . After thesho w, a fo ur-co urse d inner wasserved to guests by 21 voluntee r sing­ing waiters from both church areas.

After-dinner entertainment in­cluded a musical tumbling routine byYES girls, a dance routine by YOUgirts and the antics of Pocket s. theyellow-nosed clown .

Awards were presented to theyoungest seamstress , the womanwh o has sewn the lo ngest , thewoman who sewe d the most gar­ments in a year and the woman whotraveled the farthes t.

Dolly Gordo n and Shirley Craneshared their sew ing expe rtise by as­sisting women with their garments.

T wenty-two TIVERTON a ndPLYMOUTH, England, bretbren,their associate pa stor , MelvinRhode s , and h is family met atBrownsham Farm May 27 for aNorth Devon wa lk that led themthrough the Devonshire countrysideand fishing village of Clovellytucked into a secl uded corner of thecliffs .

On Clovellys narr ow. co bble­stoned, stepped streets there are nomotor vehic les . Prov isions are stillcarried on do nkeys or pulled onsleds because of the steep terrain .T he village is comprised of o ldworld cottages , one or two trans­forme d int o hot e ls, two pu blichouses and a few shops .

Walk ing over roIling hills, va lesand cliff tops, the gro ups arrived atthe home of Mike and Sue Lee , or­ganizers of the hike . Here Eileen andJanie Deakins had prepare d food , tn­eluding salad. wine and desserts.

The CARDIFF, Wales, United

PASCO, Wash., brethren playedhost for the fourth annual Northwestregional YOU track-and-field meet atEdgar Brown Memorial Stadium inPasco May 20.

More than 300 brethren and ath­letes from four Northwest districtswere weeke nd guests of Pasco mem­bers . Orren Fricke assisted Pascopastor Gerald Flurry in arranginghousing foro ut-of-to wn partic ipants .

Weekend even ts included a Biblestudy Friday night, May 18, a Sab­bath sennon by Mr . A urry titled" David, A Teen After God 's Owr.Heart ," a picnic and a dance Satur­day night.

Records were set in thejun iorboys'I IO-mete r high hurdles by CoryMeyers of District 82 with a time of19.26; 400-meter relay, Jesse Vode-

PI KEVILLE, Ky ., brethrenplayed host to a formal dance June 3at the Perry Cline Co mmuni tyCenter. The colo r scheme for theevening was sky blue. pale pink ,sil ve r and white . Crepe paperstreamers were strung from thewalls to the center of the dancefloor. A rotating mirrored ballhung in the middle .

WarrenJ . Heaton Hl, pastor of thePikeville , Paintsville and Hazard,Ky. churches. and his wife , Marti,start ed the dancing by leading thefirst waltz . In honor of their June 6wedding anniversary . the Heatonswere serenaded by Fred Hall whoplayed the guitar and sang "TheFirst Time Ever I Saw Your Face ,"

The Heatons, who have bee ntransferred to Buffalo . N.Y . , wereprese nted with a silver tea servicefrom all th ree churches the nextweekend on Pentecost .

The SLIDE LL, La., SpokesmanClub was host to its firs t invitationalso ftball tourname nt May 27 inSlidell . Teams from Slidell , BatonRo uge , Lafayette and New Orleans,La. , took part . Baton Rouge capturedfirst-place trophies for both men'sand women's teams .

The Slidell Spokesman Club soldconcess ions including hamburgers , .hot dog s, cheese nachos , soft drink sand lemonade. Profits were desig ­nated to help send an area youth tothe Summer Ed ucational Program(SEP) in Orr , Minn . , this summe r.

The first district family weekendtook place at the Volcano LakeviewResort in Agoncillo, Philip pines,May 181020 forQUEZON C ITY andMA RIKINA, Philippines. bret hren .

The firs t gro up of Ch urch mem­bers arrived May 18 at lunchtime andspent the afte rnoon swimm ing in alake that is said to be the mouth of avolcano. The second group arrived intime for Bible study and a film show­ing the history of God' s Church.

Sabbath services took place May19 with Reynaldo Taniajura, pastorof both churches, giving a sennon onmarriage and family . After a Biblebowl YOU members presented atalent show in honor of their paren ts.

The group took part in sports ac­tivities the morni ng of May 20 afte r aYES evaluation for chi ldre n. Mar­ried men beat singles in a basketballgame .

In the afternoon YOU cam persfrom differe nt churc h areas in thecountry started arriving for the firstnatio nwide Summe r EducationalProgram(SEP) and the end of thedistrict family weekend .

After three days of family orie ntedactivities , brethren returned home onbuses.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., brethrenpacked up sleeping bags , tooth­brushes and hiking clothes andheaded for Pickett State Park for aweekend stay in tent s or bunkhousesMay 25 to 27 . Sabbath services.meals and activi ties were centered ina chale t-type hall.

Brethren brought supper Fridayeveni ng, May 25, but meals throughSunday lunch were provided for anom inal fee . Volunteers supplied theneces sary labor .

A going-away tribute was given inhonor of the David Orban family .Mr. Orban will pastor the Pittsbu rgh ,Pa. , church. To the surprise of theOrbans , activities were abr uptlyhalted , the light s went down andslides collected from various mem ­bers of activities during the 10 yearso f Mr . Orban ' s residency wereshown . In the background membersof the Knoxville cho ir sang " Sun­rise. Sunset. "

Activities Saturday eveni ng, May26. also included children's games .Sunday bre th ren hiked, playedgames and cleaned up.

A mo ther and daug hter fashionshow was presented by the FR ESNOand VISALIA, Calif. , churches May20 with more than :lOO in attendance .

Events include sports, camping, dancing

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New Yorkers bid associate pastor farewell

Marriage seminar conducted

Brethren honor YOG at prom, graduation

Clubs conduct graduationsJones (B club) .

The following Spokesman Clubsconducted year-end meetings andladies' nights :

Rolla. Mo . , June 6; Cebu , Philip - .pines , Ju ne 10;and Dubli n, Republicof Ire land . June 12.

Center. Adult volunteers fromWashington and Belle Vernon do­nated their services as waiters , wait­resses and cooks and helped withse tup and clean up. Dinn er musicwas played by Clarence Hendersonof the Washington church .

The gro up then attended a dance atErnie 's Esq uire Supper Club inMcMurray , Pa., with disc jockeysReinhold " Shorty" Fuessel, YO Ud istrict coordinator and Wheelingand Cambridge pastor, and Brentfe iock. a Wheeling YOU graduate .

Portfolio s of all the graduates , com­piled by Steve Schantz. Clarksburgpastor , his wife, Caro l, and volunteersfrom the Clarksburg church. were dis­played amidst decorations . DaleCrouch, a Washington photographer,look posed. prom-style photos. Theevent was coo rdinated by John Do­britch , pastor o f the Washingt on andBelle Vernon churches .

Ed Strickland, John Varney andDale Crouch .

The BRISBANE , Au st ral ia ,SOUTH Spokesman and Graduateclubs combined for a working bee atthe Lake Moogerah , Aus tra lia,Summer Educational Program (SEP)site Sunday, June 3.

A group of 50 left the South Bris­bane area Sunday mornin g and weregreeted at the site by camp direc torDavid Noller . Working parties wereorganized, and women served tea , cof­fee and refreshments during the day .Concreting, gardening, weld ing. put­ting wire mesh around the tennis courtand buildinga railwa y sleeper stairwaywere major projects taken on .

After the day' s work , a barbec uewith tea, coffee and beer was served .The group watched the sun go downwith Lake Moogerahand thesurround­ing mountains in the background.

Clubs attendwork party

Eleven Spokesman Clubs con­cluded the 1983-84 club year andpresented graduation certificates tothe following members:

KANSAS CITY, Mo.• NORTHand KANSAS CITY, Kan.• SOUT H(June (7) : Alfred Abes, Ramon Cole­man , Harvey Gilley . Jim Lane andO ydc Waltermate .

T RENTON and VINELAND,N.J . (June (7) : Neil Spruell.

BONN, We" German y (June (7);Jochen Linkom , Rolf Marx andHeiner Ungoreit.

COLUMBIA, S .C . (June (7):Ron Stanley .

ST . PETERSBURG, Fla. (May30) : Davi d Blackwell, Nick Brat·nick , Jackie Corley , Vern Gould andWilliam Johnson.

BATON ROUGE, La. (June 3):Lazarus McDaniel, Clinton Hunt andMichael Kuykendall .

SARNIA and LONDON, Onto(May 27) : J im Jay (Sarnia) , JohnHibbs , Jesse Van Hende , Bob Me­Kenzie, Gerald G irouard, Neil Faw,Francis Juhasz . Tom Van Hende.Jim Van Hende and John Goudie .

BRIDGETOWN, Barbad os (June2): Noe l McConn ie, Glyne Drakes ,Ronald Gall and Alfred Russell (Aclub); Sherrod Scantlebury, AustinGill , Douglas Yarde and Henderson

The group danced 10 recordedmu sic and enj oyed refreshments .Robert Bertuzzi, Or lando past or ,recognized the six graduati ng seniorsby announcing their names and thehigh schoo l they attended.

Aller Sabbath services earlier inthe day , bre thren had a potluck . Thenext day . May 27 , yo ung people whowere at the danc e went bowling.

The WASHINGTON, Pa .•church was host to a YOU District 15graduation dinner and dance May 26 .Honored at the grad uation were YOUmembers from churches in Cam­bri d ge a nd Youngstow n, Ohio;Wheeli ng, Clarksburg , Charlesto n,

. Logan, Parkersburg and Hu ntington,W. va.: and Pittsburgh, Beaver Val­ley , McKeespon . Jo hnstown andHuntingdon. Pa .

The dinne r. prepared by Washing­ton and Belle Vernon brethren andconsisting of salad , rigaton i, gar licbread, cookies and ice cream, tookplace at the Lone Pine Community

Ju ne 7, 14 ' w idows from t heAL BU Q UE RQ UE, N.M . • areagathered in the home of Walter Dick­inson, pastor of the Albuquerque andSanta Fe , N.M . , churches, and hiswife, Joanne, for a bu ffet-sty le mealof dishes prepared by the women .

Assisting Mrs . Dic kinson, whopro v ided be verage s , was Lyn nLem ler , wife ofDick Lemler, a SantaFe deacon . The luncheon took placein the Dickiasons ' shady backyard.After the meal the widows movedins ide where Mr. Dickinson gave aBible study on fai th . A que stion ­and-answer period look place after­ward.

May 2 7 . 20 you ng -at-heartKITCHENE R, Ont., senio r citizensattended a music recita l and tea givenin their ho nor at the Willo we lls Club .Deacons and wives se rved a lun ­cheon of finger foods and beverages .

Pastor Terry Johnson began the:re­cital with two piano solos . HenryStryker sang' ' When Irish Eyes AreSmili ng" and " Oh. What a BeautifulMo rning ." Rudy Roth presented twovio lin pieces and Sarah Haywardsang . Elizabeth Joh nson completedthe program with a piano solo . HarryLingwood, on behalf of the seniors ,expre ssed appreciation .

Linda Ward and Marn~ Hills .

The second annual YOU seniorprom Vias conducted May 26 in Or­lando , Fla. High schoo l seniors andj-m iors from t he ORLANDO.FO RT P IER C E and JACK­SONVILLE, Ela. , churches at­tend ed . The prom was organized be­cause most high schoo ls conductprom s on Friday night and Churchyouths can not attend .

Seniors meetfor study, tea

the Beam fami ly .May 27 more than 200 Spokesman

Cl ub members , wives and guestsgathered at Executive Inn in Cheek­towaga, N.Y ., for graduation. Mr.Bearu presented certi ficates of meritto Gerry Weidner and Dan Maybury .Gail Ann Bie gai ski and ValMatuszkiewic z .

After a served luncheo n in the Kel­logg Cente r's Big Te n Roo m, Gera ldwine. pasto r of the Flint and Lan­sing , Mich ., churches. de livered alecture on " The Beginning Stage ofthe Process of a Crisis Marriage."Mr . Wine disc ussed the problem ofche battered wife andstressed the im­portance of recognizing and adjust­ing to personality st rengths andweak nesses of mates .

The final presentation, deliveredby Mr. Kill<. addressed "The ThreeStage s of Marital Love ." After de­scribing the characteristics of eachstage - enchantment, disi llusion­ment and maturity - those in the audi­ence were asked to decide at wbichstage they were in their marriage s.They were encouraged to work to warda mature marital relationship in whicheach partne rgives to theotheruncondi­tional k>ve .Joann WhiteheadandRickSherrod.

During service s Ants Nomm wasordained a loca l church elder andJohn Wilke was ordained a deacon .Aft erward the Beam family wa scalled 10 the stage to open gift ­wrapped box es co ntaining cook­ware and a food processor. Almost500 brethren then shared a potluckof salads, meats and de sserts with

tiered cake was made and decorated bySandra Lekas. The evening concludedwith dancing to City Lights, a bandfrom the Manhattan. N.Y.• church .

More than 230 brethren were onhand for 10th anniversary celebra­tions or tbe DENISON, Tex .•churchPe ntecos t, June 10. A photographof original members who still attendthe Denison church was taken out ­.side the Ramad a Inn where the firstSabbath serv ices look place Pente ­cost , 1974.

Pastor Charles Calahan read greet ­ings from previous pastor GeraldWine. During morning services Am ­bassador College graduate CharlesMelear was raised in rank to localchurc h elde r.

The church bu lleti n was -re pletewith photograph s o f events durin gthe past 10 years . and bre thren loo kpart in an anniversary banquet be ­tween services .

. Debbie YavelaA: and CharlesCalahan .

Areas

The BUFFALO, N.Y.• churchescom bined on the Sabbath. May 26, tobid farewell to associate pastor Chri sBeam , his wife , Diane , and children ,Ted. Bill and Elizabeth , after fouryears o f serv ice in the are a . Mr .Beam will be associate pastor of theAsheville , N.C . , and Greenville,S.C . , churches .

More than 360 brethren, rep resent­ing several Michigan churches . tookpart anan all-day marriage semi nar atthe Michigan State University Kel­logg Center in EAST LANSING,Mich. , Memorial Day. May 28.

After an orie ntation , Judd Kirk .pastor of the Wichita, Kan ., church,opened the semi nar wit h a presen ta­tion titled "The Nat ure and Growthof God ly Marital Love ." Mr. Kirkemphasized the need for communica­cion in marriage , augmenting hismaterial with selected music to secthe tone .

The second morning presentation ," M arita l Responsibilities vs .Rights ," was given by Ray Wooten,pastor of the Detro it West and AnnArbor, Mich ., churches . Mr. Wootenadmoni shed those in the audience tofocus on fulfilling their God-given re­sponsibilities in marriage rather thandemanding their rights .

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messages from previous ministers ofthe area, including Robert Spence,now in St. Louis, Mo .; Richardfrankel . in Washington. D.C.; MikeSwagerty of Chicago. 01.; and Gor­do n Harry of Atlanta. Ga .

Selec tions of special music wereperformed by the New Jersey choir ,Un ion ju nior choir and the Mid ­dletown junior cho rale. The Mo nt­vale church then presented a play ti­tled " Don' t Miss the Boat " about thebuilding of Noah's ark . Afterwardbrethren had a meal of roast beef.baked potatoes and green beans, pre­pared and organized by Pat Klink .Dee Lewis, Dot ReiSt Audrey Nick ­el , Myrtis Everett, Joanne Cimi noand Mary Wes ley .

Mr . Ham pto n. James Jenk ins ,Union and Middletown pastor. andUo yd Briggie , Montvale pastor , thenled a cake-cuttingceremony. A three -

307auendfirst Philippine SEPBy Rue! H, Guenero

AGONCILLO. Philippin es ­Three hu ndred seve n campersattended the first national S ummerEduc ation al Prog ram (SEP) in thePhilippines at Volcano LakeviewResort on the sho res of Taal Lake,Ma y 20 to June 3. The camp wasdirected by Reynaldo Taniajura,past or o f the Quezon C it y andBocaue, Ph ilipp ines, churches.

The staff included five mini ste rsand 56 ot hers . Before the camp, the

sta ff had 10 week s of training toensure that th is SEP would be in

Rue l H. Guerrero. a min is te­ria l trainee in the Sa n Pedro andImu s, Philippi nes . churches .was the assistant direct or oftheS um mer Edu cational Program(S EP) in the Philippines.

line with the SEP in Orr, M inn .Mi nisters from throughout the

Philippines visited and observed the

cam p. A few gave forums - ice­breaker speec hes with le sson sintertwined to relate to t he youths.Campers' questions were answeredin t he lat ter hal f of the forum s.

Education c las ses were con­ducted by Bienvenido Macaraeg,pastor of t he Cagayan de Oro,Ozami s City, M al aybalay a ndButuan Ci ty churches; EdmondMacaraeg, pastor of the San Pedroand Imu s churches ; Pedro Melee­dez , assoc iate pastor of the Manila

chu rch; and Mr . T aniaju ra .Act ivitie s were archery, basket­

ball . cycli ng . canoeing, dance clas s,rifler y, obstacle cou rse, swim ming,ta ble tenni s, volle yball and c heer­lead ing .

An other activity was the moun ­taineering triptoTaal Volcano Island .The rideonanoutrigger pump boat tothe island takes 30 to 45 minutes oneway . The island has 32 cra ter s. Thelargest crater. which last erupted in191 1. sports its own lake of sulphuricwater . The main object of the expedi­tion was the newest crater, created bya 1965e ruption.

In the evenings the camp hadsoc ials and for um s, some of which

we re a Bible bow l, talent show.dance night, sing-along and bonfire.May 28 the camp pre sented part ofthe talent show for Guy Ames,reg ional director of the C h urch inthe Philippines, who visited thecam p that day . The Bible bowlchampionship was conducted thesame even ing .

In an address to the campers, Mr .Ames mentioned that he wa sinspired to see how well the parentshave reared their children . H eencouraged the yout hs to recipro­ca te their parents' love . In essencehe gave them the messag e of Mala­chi 4:6. Mr . Ames left the nextmorni ng for Ma nila .

PHILIPPINE SEP - Left , archers take aim June 1 at the first Summer Educational Program (SEP)in the Philippines May 20 to June 3; righl. Edmond Macara eg, pasto r of the San Pedro and Imus,Philippines. churches, lectures on the seven laws of success . [Photos by Oanilo Binuya)

ANNOUNCEMENTS10 The WORLDWIDE NEWS Monday, July 16, 1984

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

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MR. AND MRS. LEE GLOVER

IIR. ANDIIRS. TRACV CAUDIll.PTlclM. J .ne MllI1in. daughter of Eiberl . nd AdaM.rtm of 1"- Cineinnali. Ohio. Eas t chur ch , ",a .united in mam.\l&with Tr. cy Erne al caudill. ton ofEl'1'I. lt .nd Evelyn Ca udill 0I1tte Clncinn. 1I We lt

lSee ANNOUNCEMENTS, page 11)

Robyn 5 1.1.... d.ughter 01 Audrey Kimball 01 Unity.Or....ndl..Glow son ofMr.•nd Mr•. BiUGIoYefOIer ••_ II. Or. .. w unifed in "..fTlege Dee. 21.1983 . In~. ldeho. The cer emon y w•• perform edby Jelary McGow.n . pa.tor 01 Ih. Ontario andB.ker . Ore. , and~churche•. The co upl. r" ideIn Boiae .

Including newborn

Our co upo n bab y Ihis issue IsBlake Sco tt Srmtn.•on ot SCOII a ndOeb bie Smith 01Gladewa lftf. Te • .

We'd like to let the read­ers of The WorldwideNews know about yournew baby as soon as itarrives. Just fill out thiscoupon and send it to theaddress given as soonas possible after thebaby is born.

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IIR. ANDIIRS. JOSEPH HDFER

MR. AND MRS. ROY CRITCHFIELD

Elleke Wilm•• d.ughter 01Mr . and Mfi . Jollan Wilm.ol the Netherl . nda •• nd JosephHoler.lonol Mr. I ndMr• . Joa eph Holer of R8lIIn• . Sa u .. were united InmarTl.g. May 31 . The c er emony w. I performed byBrIm de Bree . region.1 direc lor for the ChlH"ch inDutch·ape.klng .,eaa

MR. AND MRS. NATHAN IEL ROMIKELori lynn Bowl. a. daughter 01Mr. • nd Mrs. Regin aldBowlea , .nd Nathaniel O.wId Romik•• I on of Mr. a ndMr•. AOoIfRomike , were united in m.rTI.geMercll 31In Portland , Ore . The cer emon y w• • performed byNelsan Haas, paltor olth. Portl .nd W• • t chur ch .The coo ple ' . Iide In Sp llrll. , New

IIR. ANDIIRS. S. VILLAESCUSAMr. and ...... .~ R.maey 01 St . A1b.RI, Engl.nd.are plell.d to . nnounce the m.,ri.g. 01 lhe irdallllhier M. roare-l Mil. to 51_ ViUla-IelIllll. Theceramony looIl pI.ce April 20 In the Italfan Garden .on rn.P...d<tn.I Ambauedor College C8II'IpIIIandwu c onduct.d by Ronald How., pal10r 01 th.P.alldena. AUditorium A.M. church. ThtI matron 01honorw• • J.cqueIInet.4uf'phey. andltle belJl m.n••a Andr_ Vllta.scu ... Th. c~ raeld . InP...defta .

MR. AND MRS. W. BENNINGFIELD

Clet . 0rMe. da u"",'; of .......nd Mra .HeNey DevineSr . 01Ca Iwer1CiIy, Ky.• andW.yn. Bennlngleld. tonof Mr.•nd Mr•. DonaldBenrringhld 01 Sturvia. Ky_._ e united in marril\l& M. y 21 at Kentueky O.mVill.ge . Ky. Fred Bailey . pa .lor of the e ...an.viIle .lnd .,and M.diaonvitle . Ky.• ch urchea. performed thecere mony. 1lIa bride.nd groom a r. 1983 gr.du.teaofBlgS~Am"...dorCollege.n..coupler.lid.al Rout . I Bo. 368 , St urgia. Ky.• 42459 .

MR. AND MRS. NATHAN FAULKNER

WEDDINGS

Mr. and Mrs . Bobby O. Jon e. 01Fori Worlh. Te • .• • reple.sed 10 . nnounce Ihe en O.g em enl 01 Ihei rd.lf ghl erM e!ind. C.rolloGr8ll S. Smilh , son ofMr .. nd Mr•. Robert Smith 01 Fori Wort h. An AuO. 25wedding 1. planned In Fori Wortll.

Kermif Siowerofoewitt. Mich., wouldlik. lo .nno<Jnc.the ftllg.gemenl of hi. dllughler Kare n10 Fred N.nce,.onoI Mr.•nd Mrti.JohnN.nce ofW e bbef'lil le ,Mieh .A $ftpI . 30weddingl.planned

K.I...in H.nder.on . nd Oe rle n. Sme nd l luk ofWinnipllg, M.n .• ar e happy to e nnou nc.lh&lr8I\OIoement. The wedding willt.k. placein WinnipegJuly 22 .

WILLIS, Owe n and Tina (Campb ell ) , of Nair obi .kenya, om, Sur anna Sophia , J lJIHI9. l l :I Op .m., 8pounda 7 ounces, now 1boy. 2 girla.

e~ ouncea,now2"irlll

WILLIAM S, Nonnan , nd k ,ren lMi gl). 01 YClk um.r ell .• boy , Oavld AlIen, June 8 , I 1:56 p.m.• 8 pound.2li ouncea. now2boy• • 1 Ilirl.

WILSON, Karl and $ha ron (8 *; '-0.,.), 01Tyler , Tex., gin,Jessie . Jeanne , Juna 12. 11:24 p.m.• 8 pounda 7ounc ell . I r81child .

ENGAGEMENTS

Mr . • nd M.... Fr.nk R. Pierce 01Houl1on . T• • ., .rtthappy to .lInOIInce the engag.ament 01the ir d.ughterPa uta Sue toBr.dfey8eml«lPkJmt... aon ofMr .•ndMrs . Ronald E. PIlImIee 01 Topek a . KIn . All Aug . 12• .&:ling tI planned in Big Slndy.

Mr . andMra. Eddie Adkln.01 Bral'lchland . W.Va.. v.pl...e d to a nnounc . ttle engag8fft,*,,1 of theirdallllhter Alanna R• • to .Jeffrey Alan Garden, son 01Mr. and MrII. Harry Garden 01 WIchit . , KIn . A $eflt. 2weddirllt ~paam.dinHun1iftg1on. W.V• .

Melody M.chin, da~ghl.r 01 Mr.•nd Mra . AlexMitchell 01Houllon. Tu.• and N.ltIa.n F.uIkner. I onof Mr. lind Mr•. De.ler Faulkner 01 Peaaden., ereh.ppylo.nnouncelheir"..rrlIg.....y 2OonlheP.nd.na Amb• • aador Co lle g . c . mpu•. Th.cer emony w•• performed by eor.nge~.l Roneld Kelly.St u. rt ....... e ",a attl e besl men , a nd $If.lemieux • ••Ihe m.id o! honor. The couple reaid. in Pa••de na .

OISMAN. Rondel . nd Gr. c e (laddom. dI). of YubaCity. Ca lli., boy .MicahOonaw .n.June 11. 6:45 p .m.•5po Wldl 7 ounc&'. now1 boy . 2 gn.

MUll. S.mmy.nd lydi a (Hung.ri), of Na irobi . Kenya .boy. Oawid Nlulli. J_ fI , 8 :20 •. m., 0 poI.Indl 8oune.l.now2 boy•• l giO.

DEVEREAUX, P.lJI .nd E.ther (W .IIen). 01 ForiWorItl. T• • .•girt. Ctlaitr. EU... Feb . 21. 10:1 0 a .m.•9pounds, . et child .

CO TTREl l . Ro d a nd S and y (Sch wind t>. 01VaflCOlMlf.W.sh.• boy . Aeron O.n lel. u.y 25, 6:46p.m.• 7 pound . 9" ounc e• •now 2 boya.

DONOVAN,Rog er and Shari (Robefta). 01Midland ,T••.• gill, CaMy Lynn. ....y 31, 2:0 7 p.m.• 8pout1d .10"'ounce',lrstchild

GRAVES, Teny a nd Lori (Hu.I) . 01 T.coma, Wellh .•girl. MllndyRenee. J une 3. 7:37 p .m., 1poond s 11ounc••. lrl1child

HALL. OoIfg .nd Vicki (Scheler ). 01 S.cr.menl o .C.lil., girl. AIIn. L... April 10. 8 poI.Inda l ounc • . f>OWI boy. 3 girts.

lOWBER . Roye. a nd Dell. (Gooctwin). of l awton ,Okla. , girl . Cee ia Brook e . M.y 21 . 10:45 p.m.• 1poond a 13 00nc . a, now 1 boy. 3 gml.

KNAPP. Slephen . nd Br. nda (Cklnon), of Toronto ,Onl .• boy. NllthenStephen Milr1l.. Feb . g , 11:07 .,m.,10 pound. 7 " oune a •• now I boy, I girt .

HERNANDEZ. Edu.rdo a nd M.ri. (OrOl:co ). 01Bogot., CoIombi•• boy , JuanEdu.rdo, June 11. 1:20p .rn.. 8 pound .80unc. s . flOW 2 boys .

CH'l ISTlAN. J imllndJennifer (Hedrjctl.).o fl.m.rque,Tea., girl. Jill Rebecc• . Ju~ 8. 2:08 • .m.. 0 pound• .I rl1ehild

o no. Jon .lhan .nd Debr a (Cooper). 01Ct.ica lilO, III..girl. Rebeeca Ir_.J...... 17, 4 :49 • .m.• 8 pound a 2OlInc••• now 2 boyI , I girl.

HUFFMAN. Da...1d . nd Sha ron (Se a la), of Lacombe.l • .• boy. Matthew D. ...id, April8 , 8 :31 •. m.•" pol,Ind.3 ouncea. ilrl1 ch ild.

BURGESS. Herry .nd D.w n (Kr.lch .k). of ForiWortll . Te x..gil1, Kri.I "M. rle. March 16. 12:30p.m.•6 pound. 6 ounee., now 2 oirl• .

ROOElEAlJ. Ct.rll a nd Jo.-Ann. (P. ter.on), 01Windsor . Ont.•gll1, K. l ie SLrlann• •M. y 30 . 8: 15 a .m..8 poundI IOo unce • . now 1boy, 2girl•.

~OOKS. D.... id . ndTony. (HumpIH"ey). of Tuc s on,Ar, ,_.boy. Philf~ Ct.n.lopl'ler. April 12,9, 15 •. m.. 7poun d. ooune.'. now 2 boya

KOVACS, J oh n Jr . a nd O.bor . (Snyd.r). 01Springt\eld. Me.... girl. K. tetyn EIil.beIh. Jun e 10,12:.-op.m., 1 pound. g " oune ea . now2 Qir1e.

lOPEZ. Jo •• end Kalhy (P. tton) . of Pa..d_ , girl,Sha nnon Merie . June 14, 12:3\ •. m., 9 pound. 5OlInc.a. nowI boy. I girl .

BLAKLEY.Je' . nd O. l1ftlle (DeGa rmo), of Cincinn. li.Ohio, girl. Dan ielle Suza MEl, June 8, 2:08 p .m.. 0pounds3ounCII.now 3 boys,1gil1.

HARPER. Thom.a . nd Ju dy (Re.y), 01 51. Albans.Engl.nd, 1Jirf, Debor.h C1.r., M. y 18. 3 p .m.• epound .9 oune e a, lrllchild.

SEARLS. Warner a nd Vena (Coley). of J . ckllOlWiII• •Fla ., boy. Joel Ryan . J une 4. 0 :55 p.m.. f1pound. 13Ol/flcea, now 2 boy •.

BERGGREN. Da wid . nd K. lhy (Thomp . on) , 01S.lInll. C.lil., boy, Mich . e ISc ott.M. y 15. 9; 12 •. m.•7 po und. 9 ounce., now 2 boy• • I gil1.

CORBIN. Albert . nd Deb bie (Knuth). 01 Edmonton ,Alta .• girt. Tr.... R_ •• May 31 . 6:07 p.m.• 6pound a. now2 g;rt.

BAAL ASS, Man. and Dorothy (Coyle). of Honolulu ,HIIwa;i, bo y, Jame s Jeaae, .kine 11, 4:24 p .m., 1poundaSounc"a.now I boy, 1 girl .

ClARK. Jan . nd Debbie (Morri.). of longvi_. Tell.•girl. M.ggi. lYfl/l. Ju".. 12. 2:31 •. m.• 7 pound . 8OIrnCea.now lboy.3girla

SMITH, r ony . nd G1ftllda (Myer . ). 01 Chanlnoog • •r.M .•gil1,Alicia Ni<:o'e. M. y 25, 1:2Op .m.,8poundl2 ounces . now I boy, 1 gil1.

AKERS. Billy and Dorma (ProMtt) , 01 Lynchburg , Va.,girl. Ja"llale lgto. Ma.,. 23, 10:22 l .m.. 1 pound . 8ounc••,_ 1 boy. I girl .

SlMONE,D ale end P. Ity(Bro.k y), of Ort.ndo. Fla .,boy. R. ndy Nole n, Merch 8. I I :.... p .m.. 7 pound. 8ounc.a. Ilrll child .

BIRTHS

NEllER, Jel end DorIn. (W .rd). 01 Big Sa ndy, girl.li nds ey Ga il. Ju.ne 5. 5:47 p.m.• 1poond. 7 ounce ••"-alchild.

l 'r Li;. Mervy n . nd Elthn . (Dodd l ) . 01 8.1I.lt ,Norl hem Irel.nd. boy, Tr.vor Dodd •• M. y 5. 5:37•. m.•8pound. 10ouncel, .11child .

NANCE:. Rus••nd Diann. (Slaphen.) . of Kalemaroo.Mieh.. gil1. R. chel Sunnna , M. y 17. 2 :43 ........ 7pou nd. 8 OlInee•. now2 girla.

MR. AND MRS. LEGARE MciNTOSHMrs. Legare Mci ntosh sha red an anni­versary cake with the bret hren and werepresented with plaques by Keith Thom­as, pastor of the Augus ta. Ga. , andColumb ia chu rches.

The Rosses. who live in Elgin, S .c.,were mar ried May 14.1 934.

The Mcln loshcs, who live in Co lum­bia. were marr ied June 30, 1934.

IIR. ANDIIRS. EDDIEROSS

CO LUM BIA, S.c. - The churc hhere surprised two couples after Sab bathservices May 26 with a 50th weddinganniversary celebra tion.

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Ross and Mr .a nd

197 1. They have two sons, a daughte rand five grandchildren.

Weddings Made of Gold

MR. AND MRS. LARRY GROVE

DES MOIN ES, Iowa - Larry andAngeline Grove celebrated their 50thweddi ng ann iversary at a recept ion givenby their famii} ~.ld the churc h at the DesMoines Botanical Ce nter Jun e 23.

Th e cou ple were baptized in May,

MR. AND MRS. ADOLFO REMO

Gr. ce Msc ar s eg s nd Adollo Remo we re united inm.rri.g. M. y 5 It Ihe Philippine vm.g. Holel in

MR. AND MRS. ROBERT TAYLORBrend a SuePurll.pile . deughler 01Mr . and Mrl, DonPurkapil e , . nd Robert C. Taylor , son of Mr . s nd Mrs .J . mes T8ylor. we re "nited in ma " iag. J urHl17 on thep ... den . Amb . as . d or Co lle ge c.mpu•. Th.c.r.mony was p.rlormed by .w.ngeli ll DunBI. ckwell , paat Of 01 the P.I.dene AuditOfium P .MChurc h. Und. Chri.ti.n . erved.sth. m.id 01honor ,I nd Kevin Bl. ckburn . ......ed .. the b.al m.n . Theco uple reside In Paa.den•

ST~JOHANN, Bernhard and S.rl h (AlienI. oiT ul....Okla. , girl. J...ie. Elizabeth. May 20. 11:05 •. m., 7poundl 10 ounce • . now I boy . 1girl

THOMPSO N. RUlll. 1I .nd l ol . (Thom pson). ofP.inta ...ille . Ky.• gil1. Sh.nnon Michell • . April 3. 8 :47l .m.• 1pounda1 4ounces. now3girt8

THOMAS. Jel.e In d Senora (Ch. tm. n). 01Monl.... Ie,N.J,. gil1. Ml rchett . , March 10. 12:35 8m,,8pounds2 ounce• •now 4 boys . 4 gil1s

TRONE . o enl on . nd Ria sa (Zumbrunnen) , ofSlcr. m. nto . calil., boy . Andrew Joseph, June 19.8: 12 p.m.•8 pound . 8 ounc e a, now I boy. 2 girls .

VACHO N. Ph ilipp ••nd Oilne (C.ouett. ). 01Bonnyville . Ails .. bo y. Vern Willi.m. M.rch 24 . 11:20lI.m.. 8pound.6ounce s . now 2boy• . lgil1 .

VICKERY. Ke nn. th .nd Kat hy (P ittm .n). 01GI. d_.ler . Te. .. girl.le i9h Ar.n. J une 11, 11•. m., 10poun d. l ounc e , n"", 1 boy. 2glrl a

WHTE. M. rll . nd Bren(l. (Muey). of lewiaburg,W.VI .• glrl,Ch risl. "'arie.J une I. 3:38 p .m., 7 poondl

SOLCA, D. ...id . nd J.n. (Thomlon). 01 Gold Collt.Aus lr. II., gil1,l.uren Sigrld .M . y 11. 10:25 • .m., 1poond. 8ounee • . Ir.l ch ild

STONES IFER, Don ald end Che , i. (C orb in) . ofWe .lmin lt er . Md.. glrt, Slaca y Ren ee. April21 . 12:08• ,m., 1 pound l 2 ounc 811. now 2 girt.

S WEAZY. Guy . nd R.n ee (Wilkins). 01 Fo rtl .uderd al•• Fla .• girt,C hrislin Nicol • . J un. 3. 11:04p ,m., 8 poond . 15 0une ea .fir lt child

SUMMERLIN. FOfr. s t .nd Virginia (SI.wllli). ofMarion. N.C.• boy , J.red Clmon . April 18 , " p .m.. 7pounds50uncel. ftrstc hild

SMITH. Scan .nd Debbi e (Be iley). of Gl. dew .ler.r ••.•boy. BI.ke 8eon . June 23. 12:51 p.m., 8 polfnd.8ounc••. l'IOW 1boy. 1 girl.

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Rory O'Reilly and Mark Gorski;and Andrea Metkus on the fencingteam.

. Mr. Morga; play~d' tapes of the ha~~ '-is' '';'~~k'I~''~f;ii~;sh'i~'':i;hFrench-language World Tomorrow breth ren since they on ly have ser -program, Le Monde a Venir, and mon tapes and literature. They look..ti.........-I...R;h1-••_ ..;.... '-_ ~~O .....,~ _

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grandchildren, includ ing Lacey C. Rice.a member in the Houston , Tex., Westchurch; 19 great-grandchildren : and onegreat-great-grandchild .

Fun eral se rvices were conductedMarch 29 in Jackson ville by St ephen R.Brown , pastor of the Gainesville, f la.,chur ch .

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio - HelenJorza, 53, amember ofGocI 's C hu rch for21 yea rs, died June 23 afte r a brief boutwith cancer.

She is survived by her daughter Kimand parents, George and Ma ry Jorza,members of the Young stown church;sisters Ste lla DiCinteo, Mary J ane Wi I·Iiams and f lorence Co lontone; andbrothers Dan, Chuck and George .

Services were conducted by EugeneNoel, now pastor of the Milwaukee andWest Bend , Wis., chu rches.

Wedding, anniversary andobituary photographs of goodreproduction q uality can beprinted in The WorldwideNews. We can no longer runengagement photographs.

YOU NGS TO W N. Oh io - Walt erJ. Mohler , 65. died June 6 at home aft era bri ef illnes s. He was bapti zed inAugu st , 1973.

Mr . Mohle r is survived by his wife.Isabel F., a member of the Youngstow nchurch; daughters Jud ith W. Smith. amember in Pasadena, and Elaine J.Velasque z of Glend ora , Calif. ; son T im­othy J . of San Francisco , Calif.; and sis­ters Becky Puccio and Virginia Ansell.

Services were conducted by EugeneNoel , now pastor of the Milwauk ee andWest Bend, W is., churches, a t th eCam pbell f uneral Home in Chippewa,Pa. Mr. Mohl er was buried in Pitt s­bu rgh , Pa.

gations. Buri al was in Mankato, Minn .

QU EENS , N .Y. - Elsa Virc how, 96 ,died June 9. Miss Virc how has been amember of God 's Church since 1961,and is survive d by one sister.

fune ral services were conducted byEarl W illiams, pasto r of the Queens andBrooklyn, N .Y., chu rches.

MAR ION, Ohio - Helen Fleming,87, a membe r since 197 1, died May 26.Sh e was in a rest home for the past sev­eralyears.

Mr s. f leming is survived by her son.Har ry, also a member of the Chu rch ; herdaught er . Janet ; thre e grandch ildren;and two great-grandchild ren .

Graveside services were conducted byJohn Amos, a min ister in the Columbus.Ohio . churches.

KALISPELL. Mont . - Nolan RaySto rey. 55. died June 5 of'ach ronic hea rtcond ition .

Mr. Storey is survived by his wife.fern . a member, son Ron and daughterRae Ann Wilson of Tu lsa. Okla.

Funeral services were cond ucted byBill Quillen. pastor of the Kalispellchurch.

BALTIMORE. Md. - Joyce AnnG ladden , 52 , died Ju ne 8 of a heartatt ack. Sh e att ended services in Balti­more since 1976 .

She is survived by her son Michael, aChu rch member, and four brothers.

Randy Stive r, a minist er in the Elk­hart and Mic higa n City , Ind ., chu rches,conducted the fune ral service in Plym­outh, Ind . Interment was in Peru . Ind .

JACKSONVILLE. f la. - Ha rrietO. Smith, 98 , died of pneumonia March27.

Mrs. Smith was bapt ized in 1959 atthe feast in Big Sandy, and atte nded theWalte rbo ro, S.c., and Jacksonvi llechu rches .

She is su rvived by her son W harton P.of Colliu s, Ga .; da ughter Virginia S.Conant. a member in Jacksonville; eig ht

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn . - EdnaA.Wohlrabe, 73. died May 19 afte r an ill­ness of cance r for several year s.

Mrs. Wohlrabe was one of the origina lmembers of the Min neapolis congrega­tion . which was sta rted on the feast ofT rumpe ts, 1963. She is survived by herhusband. Bill, daughter Margo and twogra ndchild ren .

f uneral services were cond ucted byVictor Kubik , pastor of the Minneapoli sSouth and Lake Crys tal . Minn. , congre-

IOWA CITY, Iowa-Nora I. Wana­maker . 98, of Marengo. Iowa, died in hersleep Ju ne 6 at the Rose Haven NursingHome in Marengo.

"Grandma," as she was called bybreth ren and friends , was bapt ized in1970.

S he is survived by daughters Edithlberg of Marengo and Lois Karges ofPhoe nix, Ariz .; I I gran dc hild ren; 16great-gra ndc hildren ; and five great ­great -grandchildr en .

David Havir, pastor of the Iowa City.Davenport and Waterloo. Iowa, church­cs, conduc ted service s at the Hoover­Valentine fune ral Home.

G80JQEIand Alvin. Dalllngar c.ktbr. led lhair 25thwedd ing enniveraary with .n open hou.. Ju ne 3.

Happ~ 25th . nniversary Aug . 1 10 Martin and JanFannin . Thankalorallthelova.nd .upportyou'y.alv '''Y. giy.n u•. M.y God ble•• you willi mlllnymorehapp~ ylJaf.togalhef. loya. Jim, Sue alld Pam .

Mr. • nd Mfa. Jimmie Siockion 01 Oklahoma City.Okle., ce lebr. ledlfl.ei, 25t h ann'w....ary May 26 witha party . l llIe Midweat Clly, Okla ., CommunilyC.nl.r.Famllyandlrlend.provlded r.lr.llhmenle,lneludlnlla aurpriaa c.ke . The Siocktona opened gifts and ladIheirg~"alndaneing.nd leJIOW1lllip .

Happy anniv.rnry O.ya .nd Ann Thornton on yourninlll ya . r Jun e 27. May God contlnu. 10 b1e.. you.... y•. Love,K.rin

Oebbie, Greg , $coli , K. win. wlye• • fiancee andgrandchildr.n.

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ANNIVERSARIES

MR. AND MRS. CHRIS KHOURIChris Khouri.nd GillHoward ..... united in msrriageMay 27 in • gardefl aa tlingo'.tthe horM 0' Ch.rlotteva n Reflaburg InPr.torla, South AlJk:a. rneceremony••a colld uet8'd by O. nifll Botha . paalor 01 lhePr.loria~...ehea. The couplaraaid• • t802 &lmardSI. . WIng. le Par1<.. P,e torla , 0135 South Africa .

MR. AND MRS. ROBERT SMITH

Congra luJa lion. Mornand O.d (Mr. and Ura . RobertC. Smith ) on your 35th. Jun. 261 We loY. you. Jell,

MRS. DOUGLAS McCALL

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

MR. AND MRS. J ACK RODGERS

G.lIlyllfl Conodon. d.ughl.r of Mr.•nd Mra.1<. DonCongdon 01Stuart. Fl• •, and Dougl..Slephen McCall0151. Pet....ourg . Fla .. . .... uniled In maniege J une11 in l.rlJO, Fla. Rober! .lonea, pa alor 01 Ih. SI.Palerllburll ehllfeh, perlormed the ceremony. Thermltron of honor .aa lhe brieN' a aialer BarbaraGaudet, and lhe beal rmln ••• the groom'. brotherD.niel. Th.couple wiIlT.Bid. in Ch.rlott., N.C.

LifldII Thome &rid Jack Rodger. of Ihe EY.n.v~le.

1II'Id•• ehureh _elll\lted in m. rri. ll4' May 51n MountCt.rm.l, Ill. The e.remony ••• perlormed by FredBatIay,p."orolthe ....di_ville,Ky.•• nd Ey.n.yilleehurehe•.

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The Plain Truth . Now , near ly 40years late r, the two me n met for thefirst time .

The warm and lively conversationcovered a lot of historical grou nd . Mr .Armstrong became good friends withSheik Afi Swabs. the Arab represen·tati ve at the 1945 conference. M r.Armstrong spoke of peop le he met atthe conference.

Dr . Elath recalled his expe rienc esas the first Israeli ambassador to theUnited States.

He was not or iginal ly given the titleof ambassador. Instead, he bore thetitle of special representative of theprovincial government of the Nation­al Council of Jewish People.

When Israel declared indepen­dence May 14, 1948 , Dr. Elathwanted the United States to be thefirst country to recognize the newnation .

Si nce Israel did not yet have an offi­cial name, Dr . Elath did not knowwhat to put on the document officiallyrequesting then- President HarryTruman torecognizethe nation.

The choices were narrowed downto either the State of Judea or theStateof lsrael.

Dr . Ela th final ly prepared a docu­ment asking President Truman to rec­ogni ze "the Jew ish state." After therequest was dispatched, Dr. Elath wasinformed that " Israel" had bee nchos­en as the official name . T he officialco urier was recalled, Dr. Elathscratched out "the Jewis h state" andwrote on the doc ument "Israel."That handwritten note is still on theofficial document .

Drawing on research he is doing fora book about President Truman, Dr .Elath recalled the many services theU.S. President performed for Israel.

Once when Rabbi Herzog (thefather of Israeli President Herzog)visited with President Truman, thePresident said, "Look at what I havedone for Israel. "

Th e rabbi answered, " You havedone nothing."

Surprised, President Trumanasked what he meant by this .The rab-

bi exp lained : " W hat you did was pre~

desti ned before you were born . LikeCyrus. you d id on ly what God hadordained" (see Isaiah 45:1·4; Ezra1:1·2) .

Dr . Elath then gave Mr . Arm­strong a copy of his book, Zionism atthe u.N. - A Diaryofthe First Day.

For lunch the Armstrong partyagain drove to C hez Simon. There tomeet Mr . Arms trong was Ju st iceMoshe Etzioni ofthe Israeli SupremeCourt; Ambassador Jacob Tsu r andMrs . Tsur. The ambassador served asthe Israel i ambassador to Argenti nawhen Ge neral Juan Peron was presi­dent ( 1946· 1955) and to France whenCha rles de Gaulle was premier (1959 ­1969) . Also present were Mr . andMrs . Kol and Mr .and Mrs , Ravid.

Conve rsation during the meal cen­tered on nations the group had visited ,peop le they met in those areas and t hethreatening future of world cond i­tions.

After lunch Mr. Armstrongre turned to the Hilton for more officework. At 7 p.m . the groupdeparted tovisit the homeof Raymond and Rh on­daClore.

Mr . Clore, a local church elde r andAmbassador College grad uate, worksin the American foreign service at theAme rica n consu late in East Jerusa­lem (theArabsector). Mrs .Clo re, theforme r Rhon da Pete rson . is the oldestsister of Rick and Brenda Peterson,who appear in the Young Am bassadorFestival films.

Friday, J une 29, was another workday , with only one visitor . At 3:30p.m. G iora I1ani, a senio r zoologistwith the Israel i Na ture ReservesAuthority , visited M r. Armstrong.

He talk ed about th e Judean leop-­ard , an animal tho ught to be extinctunti l one was sigh ted 12 years ago.Before that the last repor ted sightingwas about 2,000 years ago.

The leopardsare on t he endangeredspecies list and evidence indicates t hatabout 20 to 25 Ju dean leopards stillexist.

Mr . Bani's presentation to Mr.Armstrong included a slides how pre­pared from photos he took dur ing 12years of research in the Judean desert .The show not only included biblicalreferences to the leopa rd, but also

included the anima ls they feed on .Mr . Ar mstrong asked Mr . I1ani tocome to Pasadena and present theslide show in a college assembly orChurch Bible study.

Jerusalem Sabbath services

Sabbath,June 3D,wasaspecial day .Instead of the usual small Bible studyformat conducted by Mr . Armstrongfor the traveling party , a full servicewas conducted by Mr . Armstrong for75 Ambassador Col lege students andfacu lty in Jerusalem to participate inthe summer excava tions. and othermembers.

The service in the EinGedi room ofthe Hi lton included songs led a cap­pella by evangelist Richard Ame s,special music by some of the studentsand the main sermon byChrist'sapos­tIe .

Mr . Armstrong focused on proph­ecy du ring the sermon, presenting anoverview of histo rical events leadingto the present. He explai ned how theecono mic crisis wou ld eventuallyprompt Eu rope to unite .

Hethen went into the bookofReve­lation, explaining events short ly tocome to pass.

Afte r services half of the studentsremained in the hall for refreshmen ts,while the othe r half visited the apostlein his hotel suite. After about 45 min­ute s the grou ps exchanged places ,allowing everyone to visit with Mr .Ar mstrong.

Su nday , Ju ly I , the grou p left Jeru­salem for London , England . Du ringt he flight Mr. Armstrong watched t he1983 Feast of Tabernacles opening­night message and prepared his note sfor th is year's ope ning-night message .The G-II touched down at Luto n Air­port northwest of London at 3 p.m.,and the gro up drove to the Dorc heste rHotel.

Publishing confere nce

Monday, Ju ly 2, the editorial andpubli shing conference began at theBritis h Regional Office in Boreham­wood. In the mo rning Mr. Arms trongwas visited in his hotel suite by evan ­ge ist Herman L. rioeh. editor of ThePlainTruth; evange list Frank Brown ,regiona l d irector for the BritishOffice ; Fra ncis Bergin , business man-

ager for the British Office; RayWright, director of Publishing Ser­vices in Pasadena: and David Hulme.director of media purchasing.

Afte r discussing the confe renceagenda and installation of computerequipment in Publishing Services,the gro up had lunch . Afte r lunch theydrove to the office in Elstree House tobegin the conference.

Present at Elstree House wereDexter Fau lkner, managing editor ofChurch publi cat ions ; regional direc ­tors and regional editors of The PlainTruth; and other ministers, admi nis­trative staff and wives.

Mr . Armstrong opened the meet·ing and add ressed the group on thegoals and purposes of The PlainTruth. A discussion of publishing andeditorial policy led by Mr . Armstrongfollowed. (See article by Mr . Fau lk­ner on page I for additional detail s ofthe meeti ng.)

Tuesday , Ju ly 3, Mr . Armstrongtook time to go to Wimbledon towatch the inte r nat ional ten nismatches.

The first match scheduled in centercourt was Chris Evert Lloyd vs. Clau­dia Kohde Kilsch . It was well-playedwith Mrs. Evert Lloyd winning instraight sets .

Si nce Mr. A rmstrong's eyesighthas deteriorated significantly sincethe last time he watc hed a tennismatch, it was virt ually impossible forhim to watch and follow the game.Because of t his, the group elected notto stay for the othe r matches.

Wednesday , Ju ly 4, the groupboa rded the G-I1 for the flight to theUnited States. The customs agent atBangor, Mai ne, wished Me. Arm­strong a happy Four th of J uly, a holi­day that marks the U.S. Decla rationof Independence from England.

SEPaddress

After clearing customs the groupflew to Orr, Minn., site of the SEP, soMr . Armst rong could address the sec­ond session of campers.

Because of his European trip , thepasto r gen eral was not able to add ressthe first session of campers, instead hespoke to them over a telephone linkupJune 23 from Amm an, Jordan .

As Mr . Armstrong d rove into thecamp, waving campers lined the road.

Mr . Armstrong drov e around thecamp with Kevin Dean ,campdirectorand director of Youth OpportunitiesUnited (YOU), for an inspectiontour.

After the tour he was driven to thenewly builtguestsuiteon Boys Point .

That evening the pasto r gener alwas joined by the minist ers at S EPand the camp staff and wives for din­ner o

Although it was 2 a.m. Londo ntime , Mr. Armstrong addressed thegroup, saying how happy he was to seethe fruits of the staff's work at SEP.After dinner he went to the SEP gymto watch a basketball game .

Thursday, July 5, Mr . Armstrongjoined the staff for bru nch. After arest in the guest suite he returned tothe gym to address the assembledcampers and staff.

In his talk he outlined what partthey may play in the Kingdom of God .The talk was videotaped by MediaServices.

After the talk the pastor gene raltoured the camp and watched some ofthe activities. He enjoyed operatingthe new elect ronic baseball score­board with its prog ramed musicalantics .

He also watched ademonstration ofparascending, a wate r sport wher e anindividual is pu lled behind a powerboat into the air. The pastor generalfirst saw this sport at theSEPinScot·land and asked that it be included inSEPOrractivities.

Impo rtant new activities at S EPOrr are the journalism and photogra­phy classes . Each camp session nowproduces its own newspaper, and thecampers put together news broad ­casts over KSEP, an intercom systemlinked thro ughout the camp .

At 4 p.m. Central Daylight Time(COT), Mr. Arms trong waved good­bye to the campers and returned to theairpo rt for the return flight to Bur­bank,Cal if.

The flight went fast as the travelinggroup joined Mr . Armstrong for aheart s game . At 5:30 p.m . PacificDayl ight T ime (PDT) the Gd lland­ed at Burbank, concluding a long butsuccessful trip .

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Western Samoa. 19 in Tonga and 39in Fiji. ..

The main need th ese membershave is weekl y fellowsh ip withbrethren since the y only have ser­mon tapes and liter ature. Th ey lookforw ard to th e Feast of T aber ­nac1es.

Italian area

Her e is a summ ary of activit ies in_ lhe- h~' ian are a-Ciecu latio n of the

Italian edition of The Plain Truth(La Pura Verita } reach ed more than55,000, an increase of 224 percentover May, 1983.

The membership in Italy is IS,with 23 co-workers and 178 donors.May income was up 27 1 percentove r the same mont h last year.Members supply 76 percent or theincome . Incomin g mail for Mayw asnearly 5,000 items, with 3,868 ce rn­ing from new people.

T he March Reader 's Digestbroug ht in 9,868 respon ses to dat e,and is approachi ng th e 10,48 5response s that the ad in November,1983 , brought. A n in sert cardplaced in The Plain Truth offering apersonal subscript ion to those read­ing a frie nd's copy brought 1.689replie s so far .

BASKETBA LL CAMP - Ea rvin " Magic " Jo hnson of th e Los Angeles(Calif.) Lakers ba s ke tba ll team pre s en ts an autogra phed ba s ket ba ll toPa s tor Gen e ral Herbe rt W. Arms tro ng in the Ambas s ador College SocialCen ter July 10 . Mr. J ohns on co nd ucted a bas ke tball camp on the campusJ uly 8 to 13 (See " Update," this page). [Ph ot o by Wa rre n Wat s on )

village on the remote island ofMalekula. There was no electric­ity or runn ing water.

. Mr . Morgan played tapes of theFrench-language World Tomo rrowprogram , 11 Monde a Venir, anddiscussed Bible qu estions .

Ne wss ta nds are th e principalway, besides word of mouth , ofbringing The Plain Truth to theattent ion of the people there .Eng1ish <Ihd Fr ench cu ilioilSOf rsrPlain Tru;h are distributed in Va~

nuatu .Pacific

Throughout the Pacific, the scat­te red membership of the Church isgrowing. Many of these membe rsare the only members in their areas .The C hurch has lone members onG uam , a U.S. territory east of thePh ilippines ; on Yap, an island in theCaroline group now called the Fed­crat ed States of Micronesia; onKwajalein in the Ma rshall Island s;in th e nat ion of Kiribat i, forme rlythe Gilbe rt Isla nds; and on the pop­ulous nation of Taiwan .

C hurch members occas iona llylive in other Pacific areas for tempo­rary period s of time . The se are oftenwives of men in the military ser­vices .

In the nati on s t hat ring thePacific, th ere are isolated members,such as two in J apan , three in Ho ngKong , 16 in the Solomon Islands ,two in Papu a New Guinea. five in

Mr . Pett y and Ed Goorgian. headbasketball coac h at Loyola Mary­moun t Univers ity in Los Angeles,Calif., were camp directo rs. T hecarne n''''" r....beys ages 8 to 17.

Earvin " Magic" Jo hnson of theLos Angeles Laker s professionalbasketball team . met with PastorGeneral Herbert W. Armstrong forlunch in the campus Soc ial CenterJul y 10 ,

Mr. John son told campers in aJ uly I J forum in the Amb assadorCollege gymnasium tha t basketballtake s work .

" Basketball isa gameyo u play forfun and enjoyment ," Mr. John sonsaid. " You don't play to make it tothe pros or to get MVP [Most valu ­able Player] troph ies . . . A lot ofpeople play basketball for the wrongreasons."

He encouraged campers to excelat schoolwork. "T he average profes­siona l playe r plays fou r to 4 V:zyears," he said. "That mea ns he'sout of basketball at about 26 yearsold. So if you have done poorly atschool, what are you going to do?"

Mr . Petty said 200 youths wereresident campe rs who, for $350 .stayed in Ambassador College do r­mitories and ate meals in the Stu ­dent Center. The price for the 100day campers was $175 .

KAB C-TV news in Los An ­geles aired interviews with . Mr .Johnson and guest professionalplayers Isia h Thomas and Ma rkAguirre.

NEW BOOKLET - Greg S . Smit h, design consulta nt for Editor ia l Ser­vices , c hecks co lor for Pasto r Ge ne ra lHer ber t W. Armstrong's ne w book ­lot , A World Held Captive, J une 25 ,The booklet was printed at the Gra phicArts Center in Port land , Ore. . and is schedu led to be available in lat e J uly,a ccording to Dexter H. Faul kner , managing editor for Chu rc h publications .[Ph oto by Jim West]

Vanua tu

Van uatu is a new nation westof Fiji in the Pacifi c that wascalled the New Hebrides . It wasruled joint ly by Britai n a ndFra nce befo re independence in1980 . It is a nation where bothEngli sh and French are spoken.

God 's C hurc h has four mem­bers in thi s group of island s, andthey were visited by Rex Mer ­gan , a French-speaking localelder working in the Auckl and ,New Zealand, Office . During thetrip, he stayed one night with agr oup of seven French-speakingschoolteac hers ' in an undeveloped

for the farm project. Th e wor k doneb)' ~Church '~'· 'at this faimand the sma ller one in Kumasi . Gh a­na, is cons ide ~ed an outstandingexample of self-help by ce rtain gov­ern ment depa rtments in Gh ana.Thi s farm projec t was featured in aslide and video presentation made todelegate s at a conference of Th irdWorld count ries in Indi a.

INTERNATIONALDESK~ MAJ~:&~

forthe 1985 Feast." We are also looking at the possi­

bility of adding more sites in resortareas in the United Stat es," Mr . LaRavi a said . He explai ne d th atChurch growth is pushin g moreU.S . sites to capa city and that theChurchhopes to add anoth er site inone of the Southern sla tes for the1985 Feast.

PASADENA - The 1984 Feastsite in Aca pulco , Mexico, is filledand is no longer accep ti ng tra nsfer s,according to the Span ish Depart­ment here .

The Feast site in Bonndorf, WestGermany, has also reached ca pacityand is no longe r acce pting tra nsfers,acco rding to Rod Matthews of Mi n­Isterial Services here.

PASADENA - Th ree hund redboys from throughout the UnitedStates took par t in the Magic Jchn­son Boys' Basketball Camp on theAmbassador College camp us J uly 8to 13. accordi ng to James Petty,at hletic director.

PASADENA - The C hurc h'snew mai ling office opened in Ncirc­bi, Kenya. June 15. The office.which will process mail from EastAfri ca , is in a fine facility that o...er­looks the city , and close to the prom­inent Jomo Kenyatta ConferenceCenter.

Booklets were shipped to Nairobifrom the Borehamwood, England ,Office for the ope ning of th e officethe re. The new office will provide amuch quicker respo nse time to liter­atu re req uests from countries likeKenya , Tanzania, Ma lawi, Ugand aand the Seyc helles.

Office procedu res and systemswill be established with the help ofBen Kaswaga, who compl eted twoyears at Ambassador Co llege inMay and worked in the Mail Pro-­cessing Center in Pasaden a. Mr.Kaswaga is from Dar es Salaam ,Tanzania.

The Church app lied for a residen ­cy permit for him in Keny a, but thi swas refused , so after his business isconcluded in Nairobi , Mr . Kaswagawill go to England and then return toAfri ca to standardize mail process­ing systems in Ch urch offices inAccr a, Ghana, and Lagos. N igeria .

It is ultimately hoped that Mr .Kaswaga can reside in Malawi andrun mailing operat ions there. onceth e C hurch is reg istered officially.

Ghana far m project

The Briti sh Office provided anupdate on the farm project estab­lished by the Church in Gh ana toprovide additi onal food supplies formembers there. After some difficul ­ties relating to obtaining an officia llease on the property. the contrac twas finalized . It is a 20-yea r leasewith an opt ion to rene w for another20 years.

Pastor Joseph Forson report s th atthe first teal harvest is coming tofruition. Beans.cassava. five acres ofcorn and other crop s were plant ed .The entire project covers 28 acres.

Roofing sheets for the three cot­tages have arrived and constructioncan be comp leted. These are rcsi­denc es for three famil ies who pro­vide security and ca retaker services

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PASADENA - Housing nego­tiations for th e Saratoga Springs,N .Y., Feast site are complete, and abrochure listing price s and location sis available from pastor s in th eUnited St ates and Ca nada, accord­ing to evangelist Ellis La Rali~ amember of the Festival coord inat­ing team under Pastor Gen er al Her­bert W. Armstr ong.

Brethren outs ide the U ni tedSt ates and Canada who would likethe hou sing in formatio n shouldwrite : Worldw ide C hurch of God ,Fest ival Office , 300 W . Gre en St .,Pasaden a, csur, 9 1129,

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PASADENA - The Feast siteat Lihue , Hawaii, received 1,075requests for t ransfer s above itscapacity of 1.600 for th e 1984 Festi­val. said evangelis t Ellis La Ravia, amember of the Festival coordin at ­ing team .

"We' re sorry th at the C hurchwasn 't ab le to accommodate all thereq uests for t ransfer s this year," hesaid . " T ra nsfe r request s vast lyexceeded what we expected ."

The evange list sa id that theChurch is looking for a larger facil i­ty to accommodate more t ransfer s

BIG SANDY - The 1984Sum­mer Educa tional Program (SE P)began Jul y 3 with 203 campers, 8 1college and high school sta ff mem­bers, and 14 faculty members fromAmbassador Co llege here ; acco rd­ing to Kermit Nelson, camp direc­tor.

"Events have gotten off to a grea tstar t and we're looking forward tothree weeks of helping campersdevelop the mselves physically.mentally and spiritually," Dr . Nel­son said .

Dr . Nelson, di recto r of the Physi­ca l Education Departme nt ofAmbassado r College here, supe r­vises thecamp for Ke,i n Dean, campdirector at the SEP in Orr, Minn. ,and director of You th Opportuni-ties Un ited (YOU), .

Pastor General Herbert W. Arm­stro ng addressed the campe rs andstaff July 12,

The BigSa ndy SEP is for teenagerswho haveattended the Orr SEP.

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PASADENA - Seven ath leteswho train on the Ambassador Co l­lege campus here mad e the U.S.Olympic team , according to HarrySneider, director of executive fit­ness for the Church.

They are high jumper DwightStones; rowers Ann Marde~ RobinReardon and Usa Rhode; cycl istsRory O' Reilly and Ma rk Gorski ;and Andrea Metkus on th e fencingteam.

Mr . Sneider said that all the ath­letes except Mr . St ones have tr ainedon and off at the college physicaledu cati on facility here for three orfour years. Mr . Stones has trainedhere since the mid- I970s .

" We were all disappo inted whenDan Ripley [a record -holding polevaulter who has tr ained at the col­lege] didn 't make th e team ," Mr.Sne ider said. " AI the O lympic levelof sports , everything has to be per­feet in order for you to do your best.The pressure is int ense dur ing theOlympic trials and things just didn'tgo well for him ." Mr. Ripl eyappeared on the cover of the July­August Plain Truth a nd wa sexpected to make the U.S. team .

Mr. Sneider added that the sevenathletes have good prospe cts forwinning O lympic medals. " MarkGorski is seeded No. I in cycl ing inthe world right now, and DwightStones and Ann Mard en should beexciting to watch ," he said.